Secondly, this economic debate has turned into a saga, it’s a politically controversial issue, as it is quite often the case in Greece, some have called it ‘sour grapes’ – and I don’t want to go into that territory.
In keeping with our mandate to promote financial stability, we also aim to address any risks posed by cryptocurrency to the financial system.These risks are not imagined. They arise as cryptocurrency necessarily interplays with the non-digital world – the regular economy – when they are exchanged into pesos or other traditional currency. It is important to note that privately-issued cryptocurrency is not legal tender.