The Federal Reserve's Chinese and Russian counterparts have already begun
the development of national cryptocurrencies in earnest.
Not exact matches
A member
of China's leading political advisory body recommended not to hinder the
development of cryptocurrency market, but rather introduce regulatory measures and establish a
national cryptocurrency exchange.
Earlier, the KCC along with the Ministry
of Science, Technology, and Information and the Korea Internet
Development Agency checked the security systems
of 10
national cryptocurrency exchanges.
The Secretary
of the
National Security Council
of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov said that the
development of the
cryptocurrency market could not be left unattended.
If the country follows this path
of development, bitcoin will be in even greater demand, as the entire purpose
of the
cryptocurrency is to provide a permissionless system for finance; one which would become increasingly utilized if a
national cryptocurrency was to be wielded as a weapon to prevent citizens from accessing certain services.
Commenters below the original story have pointed out a few other
national cryptocurrencies that deserve a mention, in various stages
of development and release.