Agustin Carstens

As Fiat Beats Bitcoin, BIS Head Eyes CBDCs and Tokenized Deposits 
As Fiat Beats Bitcoin, BIS Head Eyes CBDCs and Tokenized Deposits 
February 23, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

The dust has settled. The battlefield is still. And, as has been widely reported this week, Agustín Carstens, general manager of the Bank for International...

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BIS Says Traditional FIs Must Embrace Digitization
BIS Says Traditional FIs Must Embrace Digitization
December 05, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

To make sure that they stay at the center of the global payment system, the head of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) says that...

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BIS Bitcoin Critic Says Banks Shouldn’t Create Crypto Tokens
BIS Bitcoin Critic Says Banks Shouldn’t Create Crypto Tokens
March 22, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Agustin Carstens, the general manager at the Bank for International Settlements, said that banks shouldn’t issue their own bitcoin-like tokens because it could undermine global...

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