加拿大仍对比特币持观望态度未承认其法定地位

发布时间：2020-06-29 17:40:44 阅读：次来源：拖拉机厂家

元器件交易网讯 1月20日消息，据外媒Digitimes报道，比特币已经受到越来越多国家关注。一些国家正在考虑是否让它成为法定货币。

2013年在某种方式上比特币成为了主流,银行和国家都试图看到这些在线货币进入金融业后的格局。加拿大是最新做出正式声明的国家，但该国听起来不怎么知道用比特币来做什么。加拿大财务部官员发给华尔街日报(博客,微博)的声明中写道只有加拿大银行纸币和硬币，确认为加拿大法定货币，比特币这种数字货币在加拿大不是法定货币。

然而，这并不意味着加拿大不承认它作为一个值得监管的合法的支付系统。加拿大政府表示它将会继续关注虚拟货币的事态发展，发言人Alexandre Deslongchamps表示：“像比特币这种较小的，独立的支付系统有很多，通常不需要密集监督和管理，因为它们给加拿大金融系统造成的风险很小。”

关于比特币对加拿大的短期影响仍有待观察。企业之间不用它相互支付，加拿大人也不用它纳税，但加拿大人在用它来在线支付商品。温哥华的比特币自动柜员机的命运仍未知，但政府官员应该不会马上关闭它。

（元器件交易网白玉涛译）

以下为外文：

Bitcoin went mainstream in a big way in 2013, with banks and countries alike trying to figure out where the online cryptocurrency fits into the financial landscape. Canada is the latest country to make a formal statement, though the country doesn"t sound like it quite knows what to do with Bitcoin just yet. "Only Canadian bank notes and coins are recognized as legal tender in Canada," said an official from Canada"s finance department in a statement sent to The Wall Street Journal. "Bitcoin digital "currency" is not legal tender in Canada."

However, that doesn"t necessarily mean that Canada doesn"t recognize it as a potentially legitimate payment system worthy of regulation. The Canadian government also said that it would continue monitoring developments in virtual currency, and a spokesperson for the Bank of Canada said it could take a greater interest in Bitcoin going forward. "Smaller, stand-alone payment systems for which there are many substitutes — like Bitcoin — should generally require much less intensive oversight and regulation because they pose much less risk to the Canadian financial system as a whole," said spokesperson Alexandre Deslongchamps.

The short-term effect on Bitcoin in Canada remains to be seen — as it is, businesses cannot be required to accept it, nor can Canadians pay taxes with it, but Canadians using it to pay for goods online should likely be able to continue doing so. The fate ofVancouver"s Bitcoin ATM, however, is less clear, though we don"t imagine government officials will be going out of their way to shut it down immediately.