German Klimenko, internet advisor for Russian president, told TV channel Tsargrad that blockchain technology, as well as cryptocurrency, is but a usual hype related to people’s desire to make profits from a trending theme.<\/p>\n
“There’s a word, ‘hype’, which means that discussion omits some reasonable issues, or a trending theme, a brain virus. Blockchain and cryptocurrency are all a big virus. I see no further perspective here. A single currency is only possible only when national states will start uniting,”\u00a0<\/strong>he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The attention drawn to blockchain technology, according to Klimenko, is a result of investors’ enthusiasm caused by their anticipation of super-profits, which is a common thing when new technologies emerge, and when it comes to vanity and avarice.<\/p>\n
“Many officials, having listened to you, the media, say that cryptocurrency is our saviour. But there’s no salvation, it’s a mere technology, which, if applied in a single country, in a particular central bank, may work,”\u00a0<\/strong>he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This March, Klimenko already spoke about bitcoin and its underlying technology<\/a>. Back then, he called the information that some countries had legalized cryptocurrencies ‘a fiction and a legend’.<\/p>\n
“I have to give dues to those who came up with Bitcoin and coined cryptocurrency term. The virus meme has made it to our heads,”<\/strong>\u00a0Klimenko said back then.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The statements come a few weeks after the international conference on cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology held in the country’s parliament<\/a>, the State Duma, by another Russian president’s confidant, parliament member Andrei Lugovoy.<\/p>\n
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