Agustín Carstens
| Agustín Carstens link C-SPAN (Central banker, economist) | |
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| Born | 9 June 1958 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Alma mater | Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology, University of Chicago |
| Interests | cryptocurrency,Money/Central bank digital currency |
BIS General Manager. With the planned Central bank digital currencies "every bill can be tracked". | |
Agustín Guillermo Carstens was BIS General Manager from 2017 until 2025.
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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]