n an article published in the United States on May 28, John McAfee, an expert in Internet security, says that there is currently a real war against cryptocurrencies ("John McAfee Says There is a War on Cryptocurrencies"). The list of "enemy fighters" in these currencies includes, according to John McAfee, governments, banks, credit card companies and the Security Exchange Commission (SEC). These institutions would have formed an alliance in order to thwart the development of "crypto-renaissance".
Many banks and credit institutions have stopped payments in electronic money. John McAfee urges the "crypto-believers" to take action. " What to do ? he asks. Let's act! Write to members of Congress. It sounds silly, but do not hesitate, get them working. Sum up your bank to allow cryptotransactions. If the answer is no, ask your banker for a bank and credit cards that accept cryptopayments. "
We must defend cryptocurrencies. "We are not just a security; we are coins, we are currencies. They are afraid of us, "says McAfee, who invites users to sign this amazing text, recently online in multiple languages by his team, the" Declaration of Currency Independence ". This document has striking similarities to the United States Declaration of Independence.
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Against hacking and theft, regulation?
The risk of losing all its stake, thanks to their very unstable value, is not the only danger of virtual currencies such as bitcoin, ether, ripple or litecoin. The theft and piracy of trading platforms, some of which are unreliable, are quite common. On this point, even the defenders of cryptocurrencies are for regulation. "Where the states have a role to play is that platforms that allow to buy bitcoins against euros and against dollars, they must be regulated, continues Philippe Herlin. This regulation already exists in Europe, and why not strengthen it to prevent people from being scammed by fake sites. "
Authorities also fear that cryptocurrencies favor the circulation of dirty money, hence the importance of an international approach. "We have regulatory issues on the conservation of these assets, and to make them assets that comply with the rules that we have established on the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, since the entire financial sector in the the world is now well controlled on these aspects, "says Nathalie Aufauvre of the World Bank. It is imperative that we come to subject these assets to the same type of regulation. "
Counterproductive regulation in New York
However, any regulation would go against the very principle of bitcoin. As proof, the New York example proved to be counterproductive. "In New York State, they did a regulatory test by establishing what they call the" bit license "and the companies that were based in New York went elsewhere, says Ricardo Perez Marco, a Bitcoin specialist in New York. CNRS. So when we do a regulation, we must ask what we want, what is the goal. "
Paris and Berlin want to regulate bitcoin and hope that the discussion will continue in March, at the next G20, and lead to a report in July.
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