Assistant Director for Financial Supervision and Regulation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Marina Maretti, speaking at the RBC conference dedicated to the development of cryptocurrency, warned the world from their prohibition. The words of Maretti reports the correspondent “Renta.ru”.
“Bans are unlikely to be effective, since users will leave from control, and the restrictions themselves will brake innovative activities in the country,” the top manager of the IMF.
According to her, priorities in the regulation of the cryptocurrency market at different levels should be global standards and intersectoral organization, as well as international cooperation for the collection and exchange of data on operations in cryptocurrencies.
In mid-January, the Russian Central Bank released a report in which he called for to ban turnover and mining cryptocurrency in Russia. The regulator explained his position with the danger that increased volatility cryptocurrency.
According to Bloomberg, the Central Bank has undergone pressure from the FSB, which wanted to prevent the financing of the opposition and the “unwanted” organizations in Russia. However, in a conversation with the “ribbon.ru” of the State Duma deputy, Andrei Lugovoy, did not confirm this version.