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BIS Chief Slams Bitcoin As Ponzi Scheme and Threat to Central Banks

The head of the Bank for International Settlements has blasted bitcoin as "a bubble," "a Ponzi scheme" and an "environmental disaster."

Updated Sep 13, 2021, 7:32 a.m. Published Feb 6, 2018, 4:00 p.m.
BIS General Manager Agustin Carstens
BIS General Manager Agustin Carstens