Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that it may be possible for cryptocurrencies to be a unit of account, but it is “too early” to talk about it yet.
What Vladimir Putin gave to CNBC’s Hadley Gamble and that cryptocurrencies whether it can be used in oil trade The interview, in which he answered a question about the issue, was published on the Kremlin’s website on Thursday.
Putin, cryptocurrencies is not stable stating that their “It can be used to transfer money from one place to another” but especially use as a unit of account in the trade of energy resources for yet “too early” said that.
Again “everything can evolve” Putin said that these “accumulation tool” He dwelled on the possibility that the cryptocurrencies would become a reality and explained that time will tell in which direction the cryptocurrencies will move.
Current status of cryptocurrencies “worthless” to the interpretation that they are disagree The Russian President stated that his comments are limited to the context of whether cryptocurrencies can be used in oil trading.
Putin also for the production of cryptocurrencies “high amounts of energy are spent” stressed.