Кашкари из ФРС говорит, что в криптовалюте на самом деле совершается очень мало транзакций

cryptonews.ruPublished on 2021-08-22Last updated on 2024-10-22

Нил Кашкари, президент Федерального резервного банка Миннеаполиса, снова раскритиковал криптовалюту, заявив, что законные транзакции случаются редко.

По его словам, единственная причина, по которой большинство людей обращаются к криптовалюте, — это незаконные цели, например, покупка наркотиков. «Люди покупают и продают криптовалюту, — сказал он, — но они не используют её для легальных платежей».

Если только это не наркотики или что-то незаконное, заявил он, то в криптовалюте почти ничего не происходит. Кашкари давно критикует криптовалюту.

Он открыто заявлял о своём убеждении, что вся индустрия полна обмана, мошенничества и спекуляций. Его комментарии относятся как минимум к 2022 году, когда он сравнил биткоин с не более чем спекулятивной причудой, уподобив его плюшевым мишкам. Тогда он раскритиковал биткоин за отсутствие реальной ценности, отметив, что он в основном используется для спекуляций.

Снижение числа криптовалютных преступлений

Между тем, согласно данным, в 2023 году стоимость криптовалют, отправленных на нелегальные адреса, упала до 24,2 миллиарда долларов по сравнению с 39,6 миллиарда долларов в 2022 году.

Но даже с учётом этого снижения незаконная часть рынка в 2023 году всё равно составила 0,34% от общего числа транзакций по сравнению с 0,42% годом ранее.

Стейблкоины, в частности Tether (USDT), стали излюбленным инструментом преступников. Биткоин, первопроходец в сфере криптовалют, уступает место этим стейблкоинам из-за их стабильности.

Преступники предпочитают то, что не сильно колеблется в цене, когда они перемещают деньги. В 2023 году стейблкоины были в центре незаконной деятельности в криптопространстве, отобрав корону у биткоина.

Однако рынки программ-вымогателей и даркнета продолжают процветать. В 2023 году в результате атак программ-вымогателей было получено около 1,1 миллиарда долларов в криптовалюте.

Тем временем на рынках даркнета, где люди покупают наркотики и другие запрещённые товары, объём продаж составил около 1,6 миллиарда долларов.

Кашкари о снижении ставок ФРС

Хотя жёсткая позиция Кашкари в отношении криптовалют осталась неизменной, во время своего выступления в Висконсине он затронул и другие вопросы.

Он рассказал о снижении процентных ставок ФРС, заявив, что поддерживает более значительное, чем обычно, снижение, которое они провели в прошлом месяце, но ожидает дальнейшего снижения ставок.

«Сейчас я прогнозирую ещё более скромное снижение в течение следующих нескольких кварталов», — сказал Кашкари. В прошлом месяце ФРС впервые с начала пандемии снизила ставки на полпроцента.

Кашкари считает, что в будущем сокращения будут более умеренными, если только не появятся явные признаки того, что рынок труда рушится.

На данный момент данные показывают, что занятость выросла сильнее, чем ожидалось, а инфляция в сентябре оказалась выше прогнозируемой. В результате рынки ожидают, что ФРС снизит ставки ещё на четверть пункта на следующем заседании в ноябре.

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