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Barcelona to Launch Local Digital Currency, Reports Claim
Barcelona city council is reportedly working to launch its own digital currency in the next six months.
Updated Sep 11, 2021, 11:57 a.m. Published Oct 23, 2015, 1:15 p.m.
Barcelona city council is reportedly working to launch its own digital currency in the next six months.
According to reports from El Pais, one of Spain's leading national newspapers, mayor Ada Colau's government is hoping the digital currency will stimulate local commerce.
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Though it remains unclear whether the proposed currency is strictly a cryptocurrency, the council has said that users will be able to store their holdings in mobile wallets and exchange them into fiat.
In addition, civil workers will be able to receive part of their salary in the new digital currency. Businesses in the area will also be able to apply for digital currency micro-credits from the city council.
Fernando Restoy, the deputy governor of Spain's central bank said while he knew little about the project, he did not like the proposal. "I think it is impossible as well as undesirable," he said.
The proposal comes after the New Economics Foundation, an independent economic think tank, said Scotland should consider creating its own digital currency: the 'ScotPound'.
CoinDesk reached out to Ada Colau's party for comment but no reply had been received by press time.
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