A representative of the Bank of China affirmed that the country is preparing to allow security token offerings within a strict regulatory framework.
During the Financial Finance Technology Summit in Beijing, Weimin Guo, chief scientist of the Bank of China, expressed his views about the current state of the cryptocurrency industry.
According to Guo, China's Digital Currency Electronic Payment would play a significant role in tackling the issues that traditional payments systems have across the nation.
Once this is achieved, Guo said that China would be opening the doors to security token offerings.
These types of digital assets are regulated financial securities that are backed by real-world tangible assets such as stocks, bonds, or real estate.
The Chinese bureaucrat affirmed that STOs would be allowed to launch within a "Strict regulatory sandbox mechanism."
Guo argued that Bitcoin is a "Failed experiment." He maintains that the flagship cryptocurrency was not launched in a good time.
Launching Bitcoin on the perfect time would have been able to trigger a ripple effect expanding its mass adoption quickly.
Guo's remarks come after Zhou Xiaochuan, the president of the Chinese Finance Association and former governor of the People's Bank of China, said that the country is making significant strides towards the development of the DCEP for retail and international settlements.
"The world is facing a low-inflation environment. In this case, we need to study monetary policy to determine what the purpose of monetary policy is, and whether to emphasize the independence of monetary policy more."
China could soon open the doors to security token offerings
Published on Dec 1, 2019
by Cryptoslate | Published on Coinage
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