White House’s first crypto framework and missed opportunities — Law Decoded, ...
The industry didn’t take the document well, as the policymakers’ focus on security and enforcement is all too visible. By the end of last week, the federal agencies presented the results of their six-month-long work on the principal directions for digital assets regulation in the United States. The resulting first-ever crypto framework, published on the White House website, may not contain many surprises or exact details, but, as a part of President Joe Biden’s executive order, it will undoubtedly affect the policymaking decisions to come. Perhaps the most important section of the....
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