Markets will decide on regulations, not the government: Currency Comptroller
The government is great at setting up regulatory frameworks, not building products, says Currency Comptroller Brian Brooks Brian Brooks, Acting Comptroller of the Currency said the future of cryptocurrency regulations is in the hands of the people, and not the government.He told Cointelegraph's Alex Cohen at the LA Blockchain Summit that he believes that change tends to happen slowly. While the Internet 1.0 didn’t seem revolutionary, look where we’re at now. “In the end, it’s the market and consumers that will decide the fate of crypto regulation, not the government,” said Brooks, formerly....
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