Given that forms of money are changing, central banks need to keep up, according to Bank of International Settlements chief Agustin Carstens.
“As you see, with the development of Bitcoin and other crypto assets, in some sections of society, there is demand for a different representation of money, with a different technological system,’’ he said at a media briefing last week.
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