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February 16, 2022 04:05 pm
Original Link: https://slashdot.org/story/22/02/16/1520245/cryptocurrency-is-akin-to-a-ponzi-scheme-warns-indias-central-bank?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_mediu
Cryptocurrency is Akin To a 'Ponzi Scheme', Warns India's Central Bank
A top official of India's central bank has compared cryptocurrency to a "Ponzi scheme" and suggested an outright ban in its sharpest criticism just weeks after the government proposed taxation of the virtual digital asset and paved way to recognize it as legal tender in the world's second-largest internet market. From a report: T. Rabi Sankar, deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), told an audience at a banking conference that cryptocurrencies have been "specifically developed to bypass the regulated financial system," and are not backed by any underlying cash flow. "We have also seen that cryptocurrencies are not amenable to definition as a currency, asset or commodity; they have no underlying cash flows, they have no intrinsic value; that they are akin to Ponzi schemes, and may even be worse," he said. "As a store of value, cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have given impressive returns so far, but so did tulips in 17th century Netherlands."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: https://slashdot.org/story/22/02/16/1520245/cryptocurrency-is-akin-to-a-ponzi-scheme-warns-indias-central-bank?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_mediu
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