Topic: Repost: Philippines is considering regulating Bitcoin! - page 7. (Read 1326 times)

Yan sana dapat isali na rin nila sa mga agenda nila, ang pag regulate at adoption ng cryptocurrencies dito sa bansa natin. I'm glad na kahit hindi pa nman masyadong popular ang bitcoin at ibang cryptocurrencies sa Pinas, at least napapansin din naman ng gobyerno natin ito in spite sa maraming pnagyayari sa bayan natin.

After issuing regulations for the cryptocurrency industry earlier this year, Philippine authorities are considering further steps to expand the use of digital currencies like bitcoin in the country.

According to The Manila Times, SEC Commissioner Emilio Aquino stated in a news conference in late November 2017 that the agency plans to consider virtual currencies as securities so that they can be regulated under the country’s regulatory code.

“The direction is for us to consider this so-called virtual currencies offerings as possible securities in which case we will apply the Securities Regulation Code.  The heightened frenzy and increasing popularity surrounding initial coin offerings has pushed authorities to lay down new rules to protect consumers.”

According to cointelegraph, the commissioner also stated that the agency is basing its directives on existing regulations that are implemented by its counterparts in the USA, Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong.

Other developments in the adoption of cryptocurrencies in the Philippines

According to Aquino, the SEC is also discussing the approval and licensing of digital currency exchanges in the country, which will be overseen by the country’s central bank Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). He added that the central bank has already registered and endorsed five or six companies that will operate as cryptocurrency exchanges. The exchanges’ services are limited to the processing of inward remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFW).

BSP Governor Nestor Espenilla Jr. stated that the central bank is adopting an “open-minded approach” in tackling issues involving financial technologies (fintech) such as digital currencies.

BSP deputy director Melchor Plabasan said that Bitcoin and other virtual currencies are both monetary and investment instruments that are very viable and whose risks are manageable.

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