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The ECB publishes “Virtual Currency Schemes”

The European Central Bank issued an early central-bank study of Bitcoin and other virtual-currency systems.

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The report compared Bitcoin with centrally administered virtual currencies and examined payment, legal, and monetary risks. It concluded that such schemes were small but warranted continued monitoring.