Bank of Israel Says Crypto Cannot Help Israel Avoid Sanctions
Israel’s central bank has rejected the idea that crypto could help the country get around possible sanctions, days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had asked for a plan to do j
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Israel’s central bank has rejected the idea that crypto could help the country get around possible sanctions, days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had asked for a plan to do just that.
In a statement on Saturday, reported by the Financial Times, the Bank of Israel said cryptocurrencies “cannot serve as a means to circumvent sanctions imposed on Israel.” It said the right course is to “preserve economic relations with our primary trading partners.”
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