The number of countries banning crypto has doubled in three years
The total number of jurisdictions with an absolute ban or severe restrictions on crypto has more than doubled over the past three years, and there are few signs that this trend is slowing down. Although 2021 was a good year for the cryptocurrency industry in terms of market performance, the number of jurisdictions banning crypto has more than doubled since 2018.A report by the Library of Congress (LOC) details the nine jurisdictions that have now applied an absolute ban on crypto and the 42 with an implicit ban. This is up from eight and 15 respectively in 2018 when the report was first....
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