The
2018 G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors has wrapped up, and here are the cryptocurrency highlights and takeaways from the conference:
A united cryptocurrency regulation decision
The world’s economic leaders have set the deadline for a unified cryptocurrency regulation as July of this year.
After the G20 March 19-20 meeting, the chair of the Argentina Central Bank,
Federico Sturzenegger, said that the present member nations have agreed on the need of cryptocurrencies to be inspected. Additionally, regulations can’t be proposed until more information is properly gathered about digital currencies. This certainly means that a crackdown is out of the picture, though these world leaders are more inclined towards defining cryptocurrencies ‘as assets instead of currency’.
During the press conference, Sturzenegger stated that all the members recommended July as a firm deadline, further explaining that, “In July we have to offer very concrete, very specific recommendations on, not ‘what do we regulate?’ but ‘what is the data we need?'”
On the way to global cryptocurrency regulations
Over the past few months, Japan, France, Germany, and the U.S. have taken baby steps towards crypto regulations, potential usage in illegal activities, and risks to the investors. This means a closer look at inspection that stimulated, in part, the crypto talks at G20 conference. Amidst all this,
Mark Carney, the head of Bank of England and the chief of the Financial Stability Board of G20 stated that “crypto-assets do not pose risks to global financial stability at this time”, further citing that cryptos are less than one-percent of the global GDP.
Though several officials have called for a set of regulations that every country could enforce, there is lack of clarity on how far the nations have reached on a probable regulation discussion.