European Central Bank blasts Bitcoin —community responds
In light of the recent FTX collapse and liquidity scandal, regulators in the European Union have joined other global lawmakers in a push for more clear guidelines and regulations on cryptos.
The European Central Bank (ECB) released a blog post titled “Bitcoin’s last stand” on Nov. 30, which summarized the financial career of Bitcoin (BTC) amid current price fluctuations. However, instead of outlining the entire picture, which would include both up and downs of the cryptocurrency’s lifespan thus far, it only portrayed its shortcomings.
Written by Ulrich Bindseil and Jürgen Schaaf, the director general and advisor of the ECB, the piece says the digital currency is on “the road to irrelevance.”
It also claimed that BTC is hardly used for legal transactions and that the regulatory attention it is currently receiving from lawmakers around the world can be “misunderstood as approval.” Additionally, it warned banks on interacting with the digital currency as it could taint their reputation.
On Twitter the organization tweeted that any price stabilization BTC may incur now will be artificially induced:
The apparent stabilisation of bitcoin’s value is likely to be an artificially induced last gasp before the crypto-asset embarks on a road to irrelevance. #TheECBblog looks at where bitcoin stands amid widespread volatility in the crypto markets.Read more https://t.co/Hk1LuYX2de pic.twitter.com/I3Uidks8Xo
However, where there is crypto slander by traditional, centralized financial institutions, there is also the crypto community ready with responses to debunk and defend its assets.
The tweet from the ECB alone received hundreds of responses, with the crypto community fact-checking the claims in the article and highlighting the
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