4 Trends That Will Shape Bitcoin Regulation in 2016
After an eventful 2015 for bitcoin and the blockchain, what's in store on the regulatory and enforcement front in 2016? Here are some things to watch: With multiple federal regulatory agencies having outlined their mandates in the bitcoin and blockchain space and laid down how they intend to treat digital currencies, we are increasingly likely to see 'regulation by enforcement' next year. That is, we may see more enforcement actions brought against particular industry companies, sending a message to other firms about how agency rules will be applied in practice. The obvious focus of....
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Over the holiday season, CoinDesk published a wide range of feature articles from experts and stakeholders in and outside of the bitcoin and blockchain industry. Billed as our 2015 Review, the series encouraged guest writers – including experts on law and finance, academics, entrepreneurs and even readers – to discuss the year past and the year ahead. Our contributors didn't always agree, but they did come up with a number of intriguing predictions, each influenced by their unique positions and experiences in the field. In this article, we've pared down that information to define seven key....
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