More crypto regulation is coming, industry execs say

More crypto regulation is coming, industry execs say

After multiple years of heightened legal overwatch, the future may hold much of the same. Over the past few years, regulatory bodies across the globe have increased their scrutiny on the cryptocurrency space, clarifying gray areas while also going after offenders. Although the industry has seen a lot of regulatory action, authorities have not really changed their positions, at least according to Alex Wearn, CEO and co-founder of decentralized crypto exchange IDEX. "Crypto regulation itself hasn’t really changed the last few years," Wearn told Cointelegraph. "Instead what we’ve seen is an....


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