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| − | '''Agustín Carstens''' became [[BIS General Manager]] on December 1st, 2017. | + | '''Agustín Guillermo Carstens''' became [[BIS General Manager]] on December 1st, 2017. |
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| − | As BIS head, Carstens stated in 2018 that [[Bitcoin]] was "a bubble, a Ponzi scheme and an environmental disaster" and indicated that there would be a crackdown on the currency.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/06/bitcoin-price-crackdown-bis-cryptocurrency</ref> He was mocked by adovcates of [[cryptocurrencies]] "for merely representing the interests of national fiat currency monopolies in quashing potential competitors. | + | [[image:Agustín Carstens monopoly tweet.jpg|left|400px]] |
| + | As BIS head, Carstens stated in 2018 that [[Bitcoin]] was "a bubble, a [[Ponzi scheme]] and an environmental disaster" and indicated that there would be a crackdown on the currency.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/06/bitcoin-price-crackdown-bis-cryptocurrency</ref> He was mocked by adovcates of [[cryptocurrencies]] "for merely representing the interests of national fiat currency monopolies in quashing potential competitors" and his report contained numerous factual errors.<ref>https://www.alt-m.org/2018/07/26/some-things-the-bank-of-international-settlements-doesnt-know-about-monetary-history/</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Born | 9 June 1958 Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Mexican | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology, University of Chicago | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Group of Thirty | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interests | • cryptocurrency • Money/Central bank digital currency | ||||||||||||||||||||||
BIS General Manager
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Agustín Guillermo Carstens became BIS General Manager on December 1st, 2017.
| Carstens explains the advantages of the planned Central bank digital currencies: "every bill can be tracked" |
Career
As BIS head, Carstens stated in 2018 that Bitcoin was "a bubble, a Ponzi scheme and an environmental disaster" and indicated that there would be a crackdown on the currency.[1] He was mocked by adovcates of cryptocurrencies "for merely representing the interests of national fiat currency monopolies in quashing potential competitors" and his report contained numerous factual errors.[2]
A Quote by Agustín Carstens
| Page | Quote | Date |
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| CBDC | “We intend to establish the equivalence with cash and there is a huge difference there, for example in cash we don’t know who is using a 100 dollar bill today ... the key difference with the CBDC is that the central bank will have absolute control on the rules and regulations that will determine the use regarding that expression of central bank liability and also we will have the technology to enforce that.” | October 2020 |
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| WEF/Annual Meeting/2008 | 23 January 2008 | 27 January 2008 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | At the 2008 summit, Klaus Schwab called for a coordinated approach, where different 'stakeholders' collaborate across geographical, industrial, political and cultural boundaries." |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2009 | 23 January 2009 | 27 January 2009 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | Chairman Klaus Schwab outlined five objectives driving the Forum’s efforts to shape the global agenda, including letting the banks that caused the 2008 economic crisis keep writing the rules, the climate change agenda, over-national government structures, taking control over businesses with the stakeholder agenda, and a "new charter for the global economic order". |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2015 | 21 January 2015 | 24 January 2015 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | Attended by a lot of people. This page lists only the 261 "Public Figures". |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2016 | 20 January 2016 | 23 January 2016 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | Attended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values". |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2020 | 21 January 2020 | 24 January 2020 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting. |
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