01:41 Friday , June 15th 2018

The governor of the National Bank of Romania (BNR), Mugur Isarescu, suggested that cryptocurrencies can hardly be called a means of exchange, the number of retailers accepting Bitcoin are insignificant, the number of transactions is small and the operation of payments with virtual currencies takes more time and has bigger costs versus the existing payment options. But he also noted that the technology behind cryptocurrencies has to be explored.