Incoming Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Friday that he sees value in the technology behind bitcoin, but that cryptocurrencies have no chance to function as actual currencies such as the U.S. dollar.

“In terms of bitcoin or cryptocurrencies as replacing the U.S. dollar — I’ll just be honest, this doesn’t make sense to me,” Williams said a public event in Pebble Beach, Calif.

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