Binance Australia CEO: regulations will establish higher standards in crypto
Leigh Travers feels that a change in Australia’s government will slow down work on crypto regulations that could prove that the industry is already operating at a higher level than traditional finance. As the struggle for regulatory clarity down under rages on, Binance Australia’s CEO Leigh Travers thinks that such a framework will prove the crypto industry “holds itself to a higher standard” than many believe.Travers spoke with Cointelegraph on June 14 about the current state of local crypto regulatory efforts and how the opportunities available in the industry are restricted by the lack....
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Australia will take the driver’s seat in setting a uniform approach for the development of blockchain standards globally. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), widely regarded as the primary global standards authority has approved an earlier proposal [PDF] put forth by Standards Australia – the country’s national standards authority – that sought to develop uniform global standards for blockchain technology. The ISO agreed to appoint Australia to lead an international technical committee that will now build a uniform approach to the technology. In its initial proposal,....
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