The Central Bank does not plan to legalize Bitcoin following the example of Elvira Nabiullina, the chairman of Elvira Nabiullina, writes “Interfax”.
She noted that almost none of the countries allow the recognition of Bitcoin’s official currency. According to Nabiullina, the Central Bank refers to digital assets “sufficiently restrained”. “This is a monetary surrogate, and we are against cryptocurrency as private digital, even their money I want to call them, used for settlements within the country,” said the chairman of the Central Bank.
At the same time, Nabiullina stressed that it is necessary to give citizens and business to a convenient means of payment, which can be a digital ruble.
Salvador became the first country in the world, which made Bitcoin with a legal payment facility. For this initiative, 62 out of 84 legislators voted. According to the initiative, the exchange rate for the dollar will be freely installed by the market. ” Prices can also be installed in Bitcoins, tax contributions can be paid in digital currency, and exchanges in bitcoins will not be taxed on capital gains.