LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) - There may need to be limits
initially on the use of major stablecoins for payments, and they
should also be backed by high quality and liquid assets to
protect consumers, Bank of England Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe
said on Monday.
Britain is due to adopt rules for regulating stablecoins, a
form of cryptocurrency backed by an asset or fiat currency,
which consumers could use to make payments digitally.
"Systemic stablecoins will need to be backed with high
quality and liquid assets," Cunliffe told a conference held by
Innovate Finance, a UK fintech industry body.
"These could include either deposits at the Bank of England
or very highly liquid securities, or some combination of the
two. We are currently considering which of these options is most
appropriate," Cunliffe said.
(Reporting by Huw Jones, Editing by Iain Withers)
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