Crypto News: Russia’s Central Bank Pushes for National Cryptocurrency

According to Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Olga Skorobogatova, the bank sees many benefits of a national cryptocurrency, Tassreported on Thursday.

At a press conference for the Finopolis Forum of Innovative Financial Technologies, she told reporters that “the creation of a national cryptocurrency stimulates the growth of non-cash payments and electronic payments, including, possibly, cross-border payments,” the publication wrote.

Claiming that it would solve the issue of avoiding cash, she added:

"It is becoming more convenient for all users to pay for goods and services through electronic wallets, and the digital currency can play the role of a catalyst for using it for payments in a broader sense."

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Source: Bitcoin News

 

 

 

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