Crypto Has Lost the ‘Battle’ Against Fiat Currency, BIS Chief Agustin Carstens Says

  • Carstens says ‘a technology doesn’t make for trusted money’
  • Comments follow turmoil and bankruptcies in the crypto sector
WATCH: “A technology doesn’t make for trusted money,” Carstens says.Source: Bloomberg
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The argument that crypto is an alternative to fiat currency has been settled following last year’s turmoil in the digital-asset sector, according to Agustin Carstens, the head of the Bank for International Settlements.

“That battle has been won,” Carstens said in a Bloomberg TV interview on Wednesday. “A technology doesn’t make for trusted money.”