The governor of the central bank of the Philippines has shared his policy on cryptocurrency regulation. “I don’t want it banned,” he said, advising investors not to invest money they cannot afford to lose in crypto. Philippine Central Bank Governor on Crypto Regulation Felipe Medalla, the governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the country’s central bank, shared his policy on cryptocurrency in an interview with Forkast, published Friday. Medalla was asked: “What’s your take on cryptocurrency?” He replied: I don’t want it banned, but I don’t want to call it cryptocurrency. The central bank governor explained that in his opinion cryptocurrency “has really very little use for actual payments, especially when the price is so volatile.” Emphasizing that currency cannot be very volatile, he suggested calling it “crypto assets.” Medalla then slammed bitcoin’s environmental impact, stating that the crypto is “bad for the environment because the amount of electricity that t
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