Blockchain is just a database without crypto, legal expert says

Blockchain is just a database without crypto, legal expert says

Separating blockchain from crypto leaves all the exciting opportunities out, legal expert Elçin Karatay told Cointelegraph. Blockchain can’t be separated from crypto in a progressive manner because extracting blockchain from crypto diminishes the former to a glorified database, leaving all the exciting opportunities out, Turkish law expert Elçin Karatay told Cointelegraph.As a country that saw Bitcoin (BTC) hit an all-time high on a very different date than the rest of the world, Turkey’s efforts on establishing a regulatory framework while the population flocks to cryptocurrencies as a....


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