Monetary authorities are monitoring growing virtual currency (VC) transactions in the country, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Friday.

VCs were introduced around 2009 – the most famous being Bitcoin – and they remain unregulated by central banks.They are used in online transactions to purchase both virtual and real goods.

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