Former Goldman President Predicts the Creation of a New Global Cryptocurrency

"I'm not a big believer in bitcoin. I am a believer in blockchain technology...I do think we will have a global cryptocurrency at some point where the world understands it and it's not based on mining costs or cost of electricity or things like that," Gary Cohn told CNBC on "Squawk on the Street."

Cryptocurrencies such as a bitcoin and other altcoins can be gained by mining, a process of solving complex mathematical tasks. This fintech process is powered by potent computers and large amounts of electricity. The possessors of the bitcoin mining computers obtain new crypto coins as a result.

Such financial technology gives customers an opportunity to send tokens in any part of the world quickly and with a minimum transaction cost. Nevertheless, a bitcoin still has some processing issues like managing large transaction volumes.

Cohn also stated that the new global virtual coin would be simpler and easier for potential users to understand than the coins operating on the cryptocurrency market now.

"It will be a more easily understood cryptocurrency. It will probably have some blockchain technology behind it, but it will be much more easily understood how it's created, how it moves and how people can use it."