【国际观察】巴西禁止本国基金投资虚拟币

2018 年 1 月 15 日 互联网金融

巴西证券交易委员会（CVM）上周五宣布，禁止该国基金投资加密货币。

路透社援引通告文件称：“加密货币不属于金融资产，监管机构CVM的规定实际上是禁止将基金资产直接投资于比特币类似加密货币。”此外，关于能否用外资的形式间接投资加密货币，目前还需等待监管机构进行进一步的确认。

2017年五月巴西众议院成立了一个专门委员会讨论比特币类似加密货币监管问题，2017年下半年又举行了七次公开听证会，就这个问题进行辩论。

去年12月，CVM和巴西中央银行发表了一份联合声明，对加密货币投资风险发出警告。随后，众议员Expedito Netto正式建议：除非有法律“许可”，否则应该禁止加密货币交易，违者建议处以1至6个月的监禁或罚款。不过Expedito Netto没有明确“许可”的含义。

在巴西众议院12月份举行的公开听证会上，巴西银行数字理事会执行经理Jonatas Ramalho辩解道，他们对比特币和类似资产的监管，不仅给加密货币的发展提供了一个更有利的环境，而且为银行给加密货币提供产品和服务开辟了道路。

英文原文

Brazil’s Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Friday that local investment funds are prohibited from investing in cryptocurrencies. The country’s regulators are currently working on crypto regulation; seven public hearings have already been held to discuss this subject.

No Crypto Investments Allowed

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil (CVM) on Friday issued a circular addressed to all officers responsible for the administration and management of investment funds in the country.

It states that direct acquisitions of cryptocurrencies by investment funds “are not allowed.” Reuters elaborated: “Cryptocurrencies cannot be considered financial assets, regulator CVM ruled, in effect barring funds from investing directly in assets such as bitcoin.”

Furthermore, local funds interested in investing in cryptocurrencies indirectly by taking a stake in foreign funds should await further clarification from the regulator. The circular reads:

We consider it appropriate for managers and investment funds to await further and more conclusive manifestation of this oversight on the subject to structure the indirect investment in cryptocurrencies as described, or even in other alternative forms that seek this kind of exposure to risk.

Crypto Regulation Being Discussed

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies established a special committee in May of last year to discuss the regulation of cryptocurrencies including bitcoin. Seven public hearings were held in the second half of 2017 to debate this topic.

In December, the CVM and the Central Bank of Brazil published a joint statement warning about the risks associated with cryptocurrencies.

In the same month, “House Representative Expedito Netto made formal recommendations that would essentially ban bitcoin from being traded, created, held for third parties, or exchanged for fiat currency unless legal permission is granted,” Value Walk described. While recommending a penalty of 1-6 months’ jail time or a fine for violations, Netto did not clarify what “permission” mean.

At the December public hearing held at the Chamber of Deputies, the executive manager of Banco do Brasil’s Digital Affairs Directorate, Jonatas Ramalho, defended the creation of rules that would allow a more favorable environment for the use of cryptocurrencies. According to him, “The regulation of bitcoin and similar [assets] could open the way for banks to offer products and services aimed at cryptocurrencies.”

译者：Melody

来源：巴比特资讯