IMF: poteza Salvadorja glede zakonitega plačilnega sredstva za bitcoin odpira "makroekonomska, finančna in pravna vprašanja"

Tiskovni predstavnik Mednarodnega denarnega sklada je pred srečanjem z Nayibom Bukelejem, predsednikom Salvadorja, dejal, da novo vključeni zakon o bitcoinih "sproža številna makroekonomska, finančna in pravna vprašanja, ki zahtevajo zelo natančno analizo."

Early Wednesday, El Salvador’s Congress approved a law proposed by Bukele that declares bitcoin as legal tender in the country includes mandates for bitcoin acceptance as payments. It also lays the groundwork for government involvement in fostering the use of bitcoin in El Salvador. Bukele has made plain in a series of public statements that he aims to attract crypto companies to El Salvador. 

Bukele je ob nastopu na Twitterju Space dejal, da bodo o zakonu o bitcoinih razpravljali na srečanju z Mednarodnim denarnim skladom. 

Glede na Reuters, IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice told reporters on Thursday that “[a]doption of bitcoin as legal tender raises a number of macroeconomic, financial and legal issues that require very careful analysis. We are following developments closely, and we’ll continue our consultations with the authorities.”

El Salvador is said to be seeking more than $1 billion in loans from the IMF as part of a proposed, three-year credit facility, according to a Reuters report from March. The effort followed legislative victories by Bukele’s political party that gave it majority control over the country’s legislature.