'Complete pipe dream' to achieve globally cohesive digital assets regulation

All jurisdictions will take their own approach

Eve Maddock-Jones
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The advent of digital assets, and within that crypto, is the next big challenge for regulators who have all preached a unified global framework, but members of the industry are sceptical that this complex asset class will be the one to overcome regulatory fragmentation.

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