Diane Abbott, secretary of Shadow Home in the UK, said in an interview with The House magazine that Bitcoin "is just one" He promised that the Labor Party, of which she is a member, would regulate her if she were elected, reports Friday, March 2.

Speaking to the House, Abbott said that Bitcoin could "collapse easily," underscoring his view that the British authorities should quell its spread in the rest of the economy.

Abbott's Opinion echoes the statement made today by Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, about the need to maintain Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies to "same standards" as the rest of the financial system

"We are looking into the Bitcoin problem.One of the problems with Bitcoin is the extent to which it only occurs of a gigantic ponzi scheme, "continued the secretary at the Shadow House in explaining the risks posed by Bitcoin

money and tried to d & # 39; 39; buying a new car all at once would collapse. "

The Labor MP is known in the British public for making controversial and sometimes misinformed remarks about a range of topics. Abbott once suggested that his party would be able to hire 10,000 people for the British police at a total cost of £ 300,000, which would mean an average annual salary of £ 30, a little over $ 40 per new officer.

Diane Abbott also tweeted that one of the lessons learned from the fire of the Grenfell Tower 2017 is that "the fire extinguished the water" and called on the British government to do whatever something about the drought in the Davao del Norte province of Indonesia, which is actually located in the Philippines.

Abbot is not the only public figure to criticize Bitcoin harshly over the last month. Matthew Lesko, the "free money guy," who became famous in the '90s by writing books on how to get federal grants from the US government, called Bitcoin a "scam" and a "bet" in an interview with CNET

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Charlie Munger, a 94-year-old Warren Buffett business partner and vice-president of the Berkshire conglomerate Hathaway, said the idea of ​​cryptocurrency is "totally stupid" and that it's not easy. it is "disgusting" that people buy Bitcoin.