Concern lang naman ang BSP sa kapwa nating mga pilipino para maiwasan na baka may mascam. Nagagamit kasi ng ibang tao ang bitcoin para makapag scam kaya nila sinasabi nila na dont get involve sa bitcoin. Baka yung perang pinaghirapan natin ng ilang taon ay biglang mawawala sa isang iglap.
mas ok din naman kung makikinig tayo sa warning ng gobyerno natin, para maging aware tayo na meron at meron bitcoin user na nag aantay lang ng mabibiktima para ma scam. dahil nagagamit ang itong bitcoin para makapang loko ng iba.
OP was posted on November 30, 2017, 02:17:46 AM (quoted below) and it's a news report from Philippine Daily Inquirer dated November 29, 2017. Don't know why you guys were talking about SCAM as it's not even mentioned. It's a warning about the risks of investing and/or buying Bitcoin. So, if only some of our countrymen listened to the WARNING they would have avoided the loss of their hard-earned money. I'm not against Bitcoin and other coins, but we must accept the fact that due to Bitcoin volatility investing in it is extremely risky. We saw the price of bitcoin climb from below $1,000 to nearly $20,000 in December 2017... and many rides, here and abroad thinking it will continue soaring high up to $20,000 and above, but they lose huge as Bitcoin plunged drastically.
Filipinos hoping to cash in on the bitcoin craze were warned by the chair of the House banks and financial intermediaries committee on Wednesday about the risks of investing in cryptocurrency, as the price of bitcoin surged to $10,000.
Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone urged Filipino investors not to part with their hard-earned money by buying bitcoins in the hope of making quick profits.
At the hearing of the committee on banks and financial intermediaries Tuesday, officials from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and representatives from the banking sector, “were one in advising the public against investing in bitcoin or any other virtual currency,” he said.
“They said it is very risky, speculative and [has] no safeguards,” Evardone said in a statement.
The price of bitcoin hit the $10,000 mark on Wednesday.
Evardone said Filipinos might get tempted into putting all their savings and retirement funds into bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies “without realizing that they could lose everything in one drastic plunge.”
“Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are a promising low-cost remittance platform for Filipino workers sending their earnings home but they are extremely risky investments due to lack of regulatory protections for consumers,” he said.
Bitcoins and other electronic currencies are not backed by a bank, any existing currency unit in circulation, or any asset of tangible value that offer some degree of security for its buyers.
“Investors stand to lose everything overnight if exchange platforms for cryptocurrencies shut down or when the consumer’s virtual wallet containing confidential information is hacked or stolen,” Evardone said.
He cited the biggest cryptocurrency hacking incident in February 2014 when $460 million worth of bitcoins was lost in Japan in the infamous Mt. Gox case.
Another cryptocurrency, tether, was the subject of the most recent hack early this month resulting in a reported loss of $31 million, according to Evardone.