South African Reserve Bank Planning to Test Cryptocurrrency Regulations
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South African Reserve Bank Planning to Test Cryptocurrrency Regulations

THELOGICALINDIAN - The South African Reserve BankSARB has clearly appear its affairs to agreement with cryptocurrency and Bitcoin regulations

Back in February 2017,  the South African Reserve Bank discussed the achievability of arising a agenda bill based on the blockchain technology. The SARB was actively celebratory countries that had issued their own agenda currency. To date, Tunisia was the alone country that had clearly launched a agenda bill based on blockchain technology, the eDinar.

The SARB believes that a civic cryptocurrency could abundantly account South Africa, as its acceptance would acerb acceleration up affairs and lower fees. Tim Masela, arch of the Civic Payments System at the SARB, stated:

Cryptocurrencies to alter South African money?

According to a contempo report, the axial coffer absitively to plan an antecedent balloon for regulations tests for blockchain and cryptocurrency services. On July 19, Bankymoon, a blockchain solutions provider, announced that it was in talks with the South African Reserve Coffer for a adjustment test. Loerien Gamaroff, CEO of Bankkymoon acclaimed afterward apropos the head trial:

He additionally added:

The SARB ability not be the alone coffer that is currently experimenting with blockchain technology. In a contempo report, the accompaniment coffer of Belarus appear that it deployed an advice arrangement that is based on blockchain technology. The arrangement was deployed in adjustment to make registration of coffer guarantees and their arising easier and faster for banks.

What are your thoughts on this blockchain adjustment balloon by the SARB? Do you anticipate that it will account the South African cryptocurrency market? Let us apperceive in the comments below!

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