瑞士聯邦政府要求就引入本國政府支持的數字貨幣“e-franc”的風險和機會撰寫一份專門報告。

在瑞士立法者和社會民主黨副主席塞德里克·維爾穆特的推動下，聯邦委員會開始調查這一問題?，F在，瑞士議會下院必須決定是否支持聯邦委員會的研究請求。如果提案獲得通過，瑞士財政部將對這一問題進行研究。關于這個過程沒有時間框架發表。委員會聲明:

聯邦委員會意識到主要的挑戰，包括法律和貨幣，這將會伴隨著“e-franc”的使用……它要求通過該提案來檢查電子法郎的風險和機會，并闡明“e-franc”在法律、經濟和金融方面的情況。

今年2月，瑞士證券交易所（Swiss stock exchange）董事長羅密歐·拉徹（Romeo Lacher）提出了開發一種國家加密貨幣的想法。他說，“在中央銀行的控制下的“e-franc”將會產生巨大的協同效應——所以這對經濟是有好處的?！?/p>

該國其他傳統金融機構仍對引入加密貨幣持謹慎態度。瑞士央行（Swiss National Bank）的董事會成員安德里亞·梅赫勒（Andrea Maechler）上月表示，私人部門的數字貨幣比國家發行的版本更好，風險也更低，因為政府發行的加密貨幣可能會增加所謂“銀行擠兌”的風險。

本月早些時候，瑞士最大的銀行瑞銀拒絕提供比特幣和其他數字貨幣的交易。世行行長埃克塞爾·韋伯（Axel Weber）呼吁對加密貨幣實行更嚴格的控制，稱“加密貨幣往往不透明，因此，可能會被濫用。”

其他國家也開始考慮使用國家數字貨幣的可能性。瑞典的Riksbank正在調查他們是否應該發行e-krona，因為在該國實物鈔票使用率在持續下降。

英文原文

The Federal Council of the Government of Switzerland has requested a report on the risks and opportunities of introducing its own state-backed digital currency, or so called “e-franc”, Reuters reported May 17.

The Federal Council moved to investigate the subject at the prompt of Swiss lawmaker and vice-president of the Social Democratic Party, Cedric Wermuth. Now, the lower house of the Swiss parliament has to decide whether to support the Federal Council’s request for research. Should the proposal be approved, the Swiss Finance Ministry will conduct a study on the subject. No time frame has been published regarding the process. The Council stated:

“The Federal Council is aware of the major challenges, both legal and monetary, which would be accompanied by the use of an e-franc… It asks that the proposal be adopted to examine the risks and opportunities of an e-franc and to clarify the legal, economic and financial aspects of the e-franc.”

The idea to develop a national cryptocurrency was put forward in February by Romeo Lacher, chairman of the Swiss stock exchange SIX. He said, “An e-franc under the control of the central bank would create a lot of synergies - so it would be good for the economy.”

Other traditional financial institutions in the country have remained wary of the introduction of cryptocurrencies. Board Member of the Swiss National Bank Andréa Maechler said last month, that private-sector digital currencies are better and less risky than nationally-issued versions, as a government-issued cryptocurrency could increase the risk of so-called "bank runs."

Earlier this month, Switzerland’s largest bank UBS declined to offer trading in Bitcoin and other digital currencies. The bank’s chairman Axel Weber called for stricter controls on cryptocurrencies, stating "[cryptocurrencies] are often not transparent and, therefore, open to being abused.”

Other countries have also begun considering the possibility of a national digital currency. Sweden’s Riksbank is investigating whether they should issue an e-krona, as the use of physical banknotes in the country continue to decline.

原作：Ana Alexandre

譯者：windson

來源：巴比特資訊