The Central Bank called ICO "disguise" for pyramid schemes
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Yesterday, the first Chairman of the Central Bank Olga Skorobogatova again the opinion of the Russian regulator about the cryptocurrency. According to her, the Agency does not intend to allow the free exchange of coins for rubles. Now the Central Bank ICO way to disguise pyramid schemes.
theregulation of the ICO in Russia
According to the Director of the Department for combating unfair practices of the Bank of Russia Valery Lyakh, under the primary location of the tokens are hidden, both Russian and foreign financial pyramid.
it is Now a significant part of the financial pyramids really disguised as ICO, this is a problem in the first place is not domestic, it is international problem connected with the fact that there is actually pseudophilosophy providing cross-border services.
Concerns of the regulator are greatly exaggerated, said the representative of the International Association of decentralized cryptocurrencies and blockchain (IDACB) Julia Khrenova. According to her, the ICO in the market do there are projects that give investors the dubious promises and does not provide a guarantee for profit. However, these companies "stand out much against the real and viable."
the adviser of the Chairman of the Association "Financial innovation" Andrew Korkishko in conversation with RBC said that the main problem ICO is the lack of financial literacy of investors. They are willing to invest in non-transparent and dubious projects.
Many people saw the cryptocurrency element to get rich quick. Stories about the fabulous wealth of the people who participated in the ICO, made inexperienced investors believe it like they believed in the MMM and other financial pyramids. That is, people thought that the growth of bitcoins and other digital currencies and companies that provided the ICO, will never cease. However, these scammers have used that did a nice wrapper, has invested heavily in PR and marketing, attracted for advertising it often happens that the well-known names.
Previously the founder of a startup Centra Tech that promoted boxer Floyd Mayweather, appropriation of 32 million dollars investors and trade unregistered securities.
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