Digital currency destabilizing effect on the Chinese Yuan currency due to speculation. Recent interest in cryptocurrencies has prompted renewed interest in digital currencies, with bitcoin, introduced in 2008, becoming the most widely used and accepted digital currency. According to the European Central Bank's 2015 "Virtual currency schemes – a further analysis" report, virtual currency is a digital representation of value, not issued by a central bank, credit institution or e-money institution, which, in some circumstances, can be used as an alternative to money. In the previous report of October 2012, the virtual currency was defined as a type of unregulated, digital money,
Ven (currency) Ven (currency) Ven (sign: VEN) is a representative digital currency traded in international financial markets. Its origin was as a community currency used by members Hub Culture to trade knowledge, goods and services. The value of Ven is determined by a basket of backing currencies, commodities and assets. It trades against major currencies at floating exchange rates. Ven is currently listed on the LMAX Exchange. It has also been traded on the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange. The issuing company Hub Culture was founded in 2002 by Stan Stalnaker. Hub Culture launched Ven on 4 July 2007, as its own community currency.