{"id":22,"date":"2016-05-20T17:57:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.holytransaction.com\/why-central-banks-need-to-study-bitcoin\/"},"modified":"2023-01-14T02:00:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T00:00:51","slug":"why-central-banks-need-to-study-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/why-central-banks-need-to-study-bitcoin.html","title":{"rendered":"Why central banks need to study Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4749 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Japan_Bitcoin_Sun-min.jpeg\" alt=\"japan bitcoin\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<h3>\u00a0Japanese central banks need to study Bitcoin<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A few days ago <b>Deputy Governor Hiroshi Nakaso <\/b>explained why central banks from all over the world need to study and focus on Bitcoin and blockchain applications.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During an event held in Japan, Nakaso gave a speech about many aspects of the financial environment, including bitcoin and the distrubuted ledger.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">These were his words:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>&#8220;The application of those technologies would also change the structure of the financial infrastructure that has been built around centralized ledgers managed by trusted third parties. Thus, central banks will and have to follow these issues closely and with great interest.&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Japan believes in Bitcoin<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This news came after another important one related to Bitcoin recognition in Japan.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some months ago, in fact, the <b>Japanese cabinet<\/b> recnognized the importance of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, so it aims at recognizing them as a method of payment, so the government is going to bring digital currencies under control of the <b>Financial Services Agency\u00a0<\/b>(FSA).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/bitcoin-officially-recognized-in-japan.html\">Read more here<\/a> about Bitcoin recognition in Japan.<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Japan to regulate Bitcoin<\/b><\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Previously in February the Japanese regulators stated the decision to propose bitcoin among the methods of payment, so to define the digital cryptocurrency as a conventional currency.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In fact, <b>Japan\u2019s Financial Services Agency<\/b> (FSA) wants to make <i>\u201crevisions to legislation that would classify digital currencies as fulfilling the functions of currency&#8221;,<\/i> reported Coindesk.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/search?q=japan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/?s=japan&amp;submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more about Bitcoin news related to Japan by clicking here.<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Multicurrency Wallet<\/h3>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4022 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/HTBannerOrange-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To keep your Bitcoin safe you better have a good wallet.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here you can read all the info you need on how to open it securely and fast.\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Open your free digital wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/app#!\/signup\">here<\/a> to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Japanese central banks need to study Bitcoin A few days ago Deputy Governor Hiroshi Nakaso explained why central banks from all over the world need to study and focus on Bitcoin and blockchain applications. 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