May 5, 2023

The New York Department of Financial Services would have stronger authority to regulate digital assets, with exchanges having to reimburse customers if they’re the victims of fraud, under a bill proposed by Attorney General Letitia James on Friday, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. CoinDesk Global Policy and Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De weighs in on what this proposal means for the future of crypto regulation.

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