Circle CEO joins appeal against US Treasury self-hosted crypto wallet ban
The crypto industry and regulators need time to collaborate on better regulations. Jeremy Allaire, CEO and co-founder of peer-to-peer payments firm Circle, sent a letter to senior staff of the United States Department of the Treasury on Dec. 9, appealing for regulators to collaborate with the industry in adopting crypto regulations. Allaire warned U.S. regulators that some of its proposed rules pose a direct risk to the country’s competitiveness and could potentially trigger unintended consequences around crypto and blockchain-related use cases.The exec specifically referred to a new....
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