Policy

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What Stablecoins Might Become
At issue is whether issuers of the digital assets will be regulated like banks.
(CoinDesk archives)

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Decentralization’s Challenge to Policymakers Is Coming
We are fast approaching a point where there will no longer be “decentralization theater” and things will get real.
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Crypto Learns to Play the DC Influence Game
The infrastructure bill was the first shot in a long battle on Capitol Hill. But do lobbyists in Washington really understand crypto?
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Introducing Crypto 2022: Policy Week
Introducing a week of content about how regulators are shaping the digital assets industry (or trying). Find it all here.
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How the Crypto Industry Thinks It Should Be Regulated
Both Coinbase and a16z released policy frameworks this week.
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Coinbase Wants Coders to Help With Its Crypto Regulation Proposal
A GitHub repository went live Thursday in a bid to make open source a proposed framework to U.S. officials.
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Hackers Break Into Thousands of  Security Cameras, Exposing Tesla, Jails, Hospitals
US-Led Multilateral Ransomware Meeting Calls for Enhanced Powers Over Crypto
Crypto is the “primary” financial instrument used to facilitate attacks.
Hackers Break Into Thousands of  Security Cameras, Exposing Tesla, Jails, Hospitals

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China’s BSN to Launch Portals in Turkey, Uzbekistan
The Chinese-built blockchain-as-a-service platform continues to expand around the world.
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Great Hall of the People, a legislative building in Beijing. (testing/Shutterstock)
China Seeking Judicial Authority to Convict and Sentence Crypto Activities: Report
Judicial interpretations are likely to be issued in the future.
Great Hall of the People, a legislative building in Beijing. (testing/Shutterstock)

Lotus Tower, Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Christoph Theisinger on Unsplash)
Sri Lanka Government Forms Panel to Study Digital Banking, Blockchain for Attracting Investment
Anti-money laundering, terrorism financing and Know-Your-Customer processes will also fall under the committee’s study mandate.
Lotus Tower, Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Christoph Theisinger on Unsplash)