Rusija potrjuje, da Bitcoin ne bo postala zakonita ponudba

Tiskovni predstavnik Kremlja je izključil, da bi bitcoin postal zakonito plačilno sredstvo v državi, kriptovaluto pa označil za škodo finančnemu sistemu.

The Kremlin has confirmed that the country will not make bitcoin legal tender. Spokesperson Dmitri Peskov je dejal, da Russia wasn’t prepared for it and that there was no reason to do it, according to local media outlets.

Peskov je tudi dejal, da bi legalizacija bitcoina škodila finančnemu sistemu, bitcoin pa je označil za kvazi valuto. Ni podrobneje pojasnil.

The announcement follows El Salvador’s official adoption of bitcoin as legal tender, which happened on Sept 7. The launch coincided with the introduction of the Chivo denarnica, though there appears to be some issues with the whole situation. El Salvador’s government kupil 400 bitcoinov to begin the shift in its economy.

Adopting bitcoin as legal tender is something most governments are unwilling to do, given the uncertainty surrounding the cryptocurrency. Salary payments in bitcoin could be problematic, for example, as volatilnosti could affect income. This is something that ministers in El Salvador have brought up.

Russia’s own stance on bitcoin is somewhat vague. The country is not entirely against crypto, but it is taking steps to clamp down on the market. On the plus side, a Russian court ordered Sberbank to odpraviti omejitve on crypto trading.

Russia is reportedly developing a tool to monitor crypto activities tied to criminal activity, as well as working on its own CBDC, the digital ruble. The Bank of Russia razglasitve an upcoming trial for the digital ruble in June.

Kakšne učinke bo imel bitcoin kot zakonito plačilno sredstvo?

Odločitev El Salvadorja, da bi Bitcoin postalo zakonito plačilno sredstvo, je ob prvi objavi povzročila šoke. Mnogi so bili zmedeni, kako se bo izvajala in ali bo obvezna.

Criticism has come from both within and outside the country. Citizens are reportedly protesting in the streets, while the opposition party presents its own arguments. The disagreement largely has to do with bitcoin’s volatility and potential money laundering activity.

Prav zato je Mednarodni denarni sklad (IMF) izjavil, da bi lahko v zvezi z odločitvijo obstajali makroekonomski in pravni pomisleki. Podpora mednarodnih organov se na splošno zdi kratka, saj Svetovna banka tudi zavrača pomoč Salvadorja.

Vsekakor bo poteza El Salvadorja poskus, na katerega je vredno biti pozoren. Ne glede na rezultat bodo analitiki lahko videli, kako bitcoin deluje v veliko večjem obsegu.