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Bitcoin unstable, too vulnerable to speculation: ECB's Nowotny

Published Wed, Jul 19, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Vienna

EUROPEAN Central Bank (ECB) governing council member Ewald Nowotny warned against accepting bitcoin as an official payment method, saying the digital currency lacked stability and was too vulnerable to speculation.

Many governments around the world are considering how to regulate and cl…

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