Cleaning up crypto: How much enforcement is too much?
Many blockchain companies now believe that regulation is inevitable, but theres a growing debate over where to draw the line between protecting users and strangling the lifeblood out of the industry or forcing it outside the United States.Whether we like it or not, regulation is coming, Sheila Warren of the Crypto Council for Innovation tells me during an interview in the lead up to the recent Collision conference in Toronto, Canada.The CEO of the industry lobby group for blockchain technology explains that rather than trying to stop the inevitable, many companies are now focused on....
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A commissioner with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has criticized the securities watchdog for focusing on enforcement actions in its oversight of the crypto industry. SEC Commissioner Slams Agency for Focusing on Enforcement Actions in Regulating Crypto Assets SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce criticized her own agency Monday after it announced an enforcement action against cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex. She noted that the SEC’s action against the exchange “doubles down on the Commission’s enforcement-centric approach to crypto.” The securities....