The Reserve Bank of Australia has delivered somewhat dismissive comments on bitcoin (BTC) at a meeting of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics.
According to a report by the Australian Financial Review on Friday, the central bankâs assistant governor for financial systems, Michelle Bullock, said thereâs âa lot of fuss over bitcoin.â
The comments were a response to Queensland Liberal National Party member Julian Simmonds, whoâd asked the assistant governor if the bank viewed bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as a financial risk.
â[Bitcoin] is not a payment instrument and itâs not even really money,â said Bullock. âI think there is a lot of fuss about it as a potential asset.â
Bullock said she didnât see bitcoin volatility as a risk to the market â a view that was echoed by Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe.
â[Bitcoin] is a risk to investors but its not a financial stability risk,â Lowe said.
Bullock noted that issues being broadcasted more prominently revolved around stablecoin regulation.
âFacebook is putting out diem [formerly libra], there is a lot of discussion about this. We are engaged with other regulators about this,â said Bullock in the report.
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âWith those sorts of coins nothing will happen until the regulators are happy,â she warned.