Bitcoin will become legal
although bitcoin still has great risks, after years of development, with the increase of its application population, application scenarios and application technology, no country or organization can completely eliminate it. If you can figure it out, it is likely that countries will generally accept bitcoin and embrace it
according to my personal judgment, bitcoin, after a period of continuous development, is likely to become a world currency in the future, which can play the role of electronic gold and become the target of the value of other sovereign currencies. From this perspective, bitcoin can be used as a means of asset preservation in the future when inflation is inevitable
It's not against the law to do bitcoin business, but don't use bitcoin to do illegal things
the following is the bitcoin risk notice issued by the central bank and other five ministries and commissions (bitcoin home has the full text):
the notice defines the nature of bitcoin, and holds that bitcoin is not issued by the monetary authority, has no monetary attributes such as legal compensation and mandatory, and is not a real currency. In terms of nature, bitcoin is a specific virtual commodity, which does not have the same legal status as currency and cannot and should not be used as currency in the market. However, bitcoin trading as a commodity trading behavior on the Internet, ordinary people have the freedom to participate at their own risk
the further development of bitcoin may threaten the interests of traditional currencies, and currency issuers will not cede their rights to an open-source P2P algorithm. So governments are likely to outlaw bitcoin
once governments declare it illegal, it may cause huge fluctuations in its price in the short term. It could be a crash, it could be a surge. Because people at the bottom of the world are obviously resistant to their governments< At the same time, the ban by the government will lead to the closure of bitcoin trading platform. After the closing of the trading platform, bitcoin can only be cashed in private, which will have a great impact on its cashing ability< However, e to the characteristics of bitcoin itself, it provides an excellent channel for officials of various countries to accept bribes, launder money and transfer assets overseas. Especially in the trend that officials of various countries disclose their property, bitcoin provides a good way for them to hold huge property anonymously
from this perspective, some officials may actively promote the legalization of bitcoin< On May 7, 2013, officials from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said that they were considering whether the online virtual currency "bitcoin" could be applied to the agency's regulations. CFTC is the highest regulator of the derivatives instry in the United States. Bitcoin is known as a currency independent of traditional authority, and if it is regulated more, it may bring challenges to its supporters
CFTC mainly supervises derivatives contracts. Its responsibilities have been greatly expanded after the financial crisis in 2007-2009, and it also has full power to supervise retail foreign exchange dealers
Bart Chilton, one of the five members of the CFTC, said on Monday that he had asked the committee to consider regulating bitcoin to determine whether consumers need additional protection when using bitcoin[ 15]
the Hong Kong government has approved GBL electronic currency trading center to operate virtual currency exchange business, which will be an important milestone in the development of bitcoin. GBL virtual electronic currency trading center has completed the equity change and has the business scope of virtual electronic currency exchange business.
some are strict, some are loose.
With the development of society, there are many new things, such as virtual currency. In the era of virtual currency, should bitcoin become a legal currency? I don't think so. On the one hand, bitcoin doesn't have a national background, and on the other hand, bitcoin doesn't have real powerful people to protect it. Therefore, bitcoin is dangerous and easy to lead to bankruptcy. Let's talk about it in detail{ RRR} 3. If bitcoin becomes a legal currency, there will be huge financial risks
if bitcoin becomes a legal currency, first of all, bitcoin is a virtual asset with high and low value, which can easily lead to bankruptcy of some people. If there is a huge difference in value, for example, the original value of several thousand yuan is worth only a few yuan now, which will lead to huge financial risks and even financial crisis, So bitcoin can never be a legal currency
in a word, although virtual currency is quite popular, bitcoin should not become legal currency, because on the one hand, bitcoin is only a virtual currency and has no real value. It is easy to lead to bankruptcy of many people and huge financial risks
Bitcoin is illegal in China
according to the "notice on preventing bitcoin risks" issued by the people's Bank of China on December 5, 2013:
bitcoin has four main characteristics: no centralized issuers, limited amount, no geographical restrictions and anonymity. Although bitcoin is called "currency", it is not a real currency because it is not issued by the monetary authority and has no legal compensation and mandatory monetary attributes. In nature, bitcoin should be a specific virtual commodity, which does not have the same legal status as currency, and can not and should not be used as currency in the market
at this stage, financial institutions and Payment institutions are not allowed to price procts or services with bitcoin, buy or sell bitcoin as a central counterparties, underwrite insurance business related to bitcoin or include bitcoin into the scope of insurance liability, and directly or indirectly provide customers with other services related to bitcoin, including: providing customers with bitcoin registration Trading, clearing, settlement and other services; Accept bitcoin or use bitcoin as a payment and settlement tool; Carry out bitcoin and RMB and foreign currency exchange services; Carry out bitcoin storage, custody, mortgage and other services; Issuing financial procts related to bitcoin; Take bitcoin as the investment target of trust, fund, etc
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the risk of bitcoin
1, higher speculative risk. Bitcoin trading market capacity is small, trading 24 hours in a row open, there is no price limit, the price is easy to be controlled by speculators, resulting in dramatic fluctuations, great risk. Ordinary investors blindly follow suit and are easy to suffer heavy losses
2. Higher risk of money laundering. Due to the anonymity and geographical freedom of bitcoin transaction, its capital flow is difficult to monitor, which provides convenience for money laundering and terrorist financing activities
3. The risk of being used by criminals or organizations. As of December 6, 2013, there have been international criminal activities such as drug and gun trading using bitcoin, and relevant cases have been investigated and dealt with
bitcoin is valuable because it is useful as a form of currency. Bitcoin has the mathematical characteristics of money (persistence, portability, interchangeability, scarcity, separability and identifiability) rather than relying on physical characteristics (such as gold and silver) or the trust of central authorities (such as fiat money). In short, bitcoin is backed by mathematics. With these characteristics, a form of money to have value requires trust and use. In contrast, this can be reflected in its growing base of users, businesses and start-ups. Like all currencies, the value of bitcoin comes directly from people who are willing to accept it as a means of payment, which is the only source.