Canadian Senate Panel Calls for 'Light Touch' Bitcoin Regulation
A long-anticipated report published by the Canadian Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce has called for a "regulatory light touch" on bitcoin and digital currencies. The report, entitled "Digital Currency: You Can't Flip This Coin!", comes after a months-long review that included a number of hearings before the Senate committee, and will undoubtedly play a role in how the Canadian government shapes future regulation. The committee recommended that the government look for ways to utilize digital currencies and blockchain technology, deeming the technology "ingenious" and....
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While most governments have been taking steps to regulate the bitcoin industry and others declaring a completely close-minded stance against digital currencies, Canada's Senate decided to vote against bitcoin regulation. The Canadian Senate's Banking, Trade and Commerce (BTC) committee released its findings last Friday and asked the federal government to use a "light touch" in dealing with digital currencies. The report indicated that legislators have acknowledged that the bitcoin industry is still young and developing so they'd like to see a more nurturing environment instead of one that....
The Canadian Senate has decided to protect Bitcoin from massive government regulation opting to approach the new technology with “a light regulatory touch – almost a hands-off approach.” After many months of thoughtful deliberations, the legislative body released the official Canadian Senate report titled “Digital Currency: You Can’t Flip This Coin! Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce.” The Canadian Senate has spent the better part of the last year reviewing the role of digital currencies will have on the future of economics in the nation including....
What is Canada's place in regulating bitcoin? This is the theme running through the Canadian Senate's Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce's study on the use of digital currency. The Bitcoin Strategy Group, BitAccess and CAVirtEx sat before the senators on 9th April to demonstrate how bitcoin is purchased and stored. Their representation marks the first presence of bitcoiners in the Senate sphere. The Canadian Senate has already heard from the Bank of Canada, the Department of Finance, economic historians and other academics. On Thursday, April 10th, the committee will hear....
The Canadian Senate's Banking, Trade and Commerce (BTC) committee released its final report Friday asking the federal government to use a "light touch" in dealing with digital currencies."We've heard, and we agree, that blockchain technology is at a delicate stage in its development and use," the report reads. "This is why we urge the Government to explore the vast potential of this technology, while treading carefully when contemplating regulations that may restrict and stifle its use and development."This is cause for relief among the country's Bitcoin community and makes Canada one of....
The Senate banking committee has been preparing a Report on digital currency, and in service of which Andreas Antonopoulos, along with many others, have testified before a committee. The conclusion reached by the committee seems to be a largely positive one, saying explicitly that the benefits of this technology outweigh the challenges it introduces and recommending a "light touch" in the regulatory side. A little while ago Decentral, was approached by a Senate staffer for assistance in placing a short message and a "proof of existence" into the Blockchain on the release of their report....