Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), told CNNMoney yesterday that regulation crypto-currencies was "inevitable" and necessary Questioned during an interview with John Defterios, publisher of CNNMoney in Emerging Markets, about the growing popularity of crypto-markets, perhaps due to a famine for high returns on world markets. Lagarde replied that the trend showed a "herd mentality" of those who were looking for high-yield products as well as an element of speculation.

Lagarde added that this trend was also fueled by "dark activity", a reference to the possibility that cryptocurrencies could be used for money laundering and money laundering. other illegal activities online because of their anonymity.

Lagarde herself was found guilty of criminal charges in December 2016 for facilitating an illegal transfer of $ 400 million between Nicolas Sarkozy and Bernard Tapie, although she denied anything. reprehensible act.

Lagarde spoke of its inevitability and the need to focus on the regulation of "activities" on "entities" :

"This is clearly an area where we need to"

As early as October 2016, Lagard told The Wall Street Journal that she was seeing banks adopt digital currencies in the next five years, while adding that a regulation would be needed to avoid money laundering and fraudulent activities

And in October of last year, Lagarde had expressed his interest for the IMF, perhaps releasing its own cryptocurrency after previous comments on the potential benefits for low-income countries.

While cryptographic markets have had a relatively unstable new year, the Banks and financial institutions have become more serious about regulating cryptocurrencies.

Banks around the world have banned the purchase of crypto by credit card. On the other hand, the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hearing on February 6 gave the impression that future regulation must feed the crypto sector instead of smothering it.