Regulation is coming to DeFi, but can it be enforced?
Is regulation plausible in a completely decentralized environment? Blockchain analytics company Coinfirm recently unveiled a new anti-money laundering tool for the decentralized finance, or DeFi, niche of the crypto space — a sector facing regulatory crackdown on the horizon, according to Jakub Fijolek, Coinfirm's chief technology officer. "DeFi might soon have some regulatory issues," Fijolek told Cointelegraph in an interview. "The amount of funds that are flowing through DeFi is growing significantly."The DeFi niche of crypto has ballooned in 2020. In February, the total value locked in....
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says decentralized finance (defi) has “very significant structural issues,” emphasizing a “real need” for more appropriate regulation of the defi ecosystem. Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Defi Regulation Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell talked about the regulation of decentralized finance (defi) Tuesday during a panel discussion on digital finance hosted by Banque of France. “The monetary policy normalization that we’re seeing all over the world,” Powell began. “All it did was simply reveal....
The top U.S. banking regulator has confirmed that positive cryptocurrency regulation is coming in a matter of weeks, by the end of the Trump term. “It’s going to work for everybody,” said the regulator, adding that the new regulation will “make it easier for crypto investors to know how to invest,” therefore attracting more institutional investors. New US Crypto Regulation Will ‘Work for Everybody’ Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Brian Brooks, answered some questions about the upcoming U.S. cryptocurrency regulation in an interview with....
Jerome Powell acknowledged that DeFi will start to reach more retail customers, highlighting the need for regulation. United States Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has spoken out about the expansion of decentralized finance (DeFi) and its impact on the traditional finance ecosystem, calling for appropriate regulation.During an event titled the “Opportunities and challenges of the tokenisation of finance” hosted by the Banque de France on Sept. 27, Jerome Powell said there were “very significant structural issues around the lack of transparency” in the DeFi ecosystem.The comments....