Re-Blogged From Stratfor
Highlights
- Only 8 percent of global financial transactions today involve cash, but that figure will diminish even further as digital currencies gain prominence.
- Faced with the growth of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, central banks around the world will continue their research into introducing their own digital currencies.
- By entering the market for cryptocurrencies, central banks could pose a profound threat to the commercial banking business model.
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