If we really want a crypto industry, we should regulate now

If we really want a crypto industry, we should regulate now
Crypto has struggled to build credibility with regulators. (Image: Supplied)
Peter Griffin
I’d love to have been a fly on the wall at the Deciphering Cryptocurrency event at Parliament on Tuesday night.Hosted by the Finance and Expenditure Committee, which is chaired by National MP Stuart Smith and includes the likes of Greens co-leader Chloe Swarbrick and Labour’s finance spokesperson, Barbara Edmonds, it was a much-needed effort to engage parliamentarians with the latest developments in cryptocurrencies and digital assets.Very little appears to have happened in this space since the Government in April released its brief...

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