A word of warning on crypto regulation

OPINION: Stefan Rust, CEO of Laguna Labs and former CEO of Bitcoin.com, urges caution on a popular call.

The last year has been an eventful one for cryptocurrency, to say the least. Between the collapse of the Terra Luna ecosystem in May and the recent implosion of FTX, the world’s second-biggest crypto exchange, there is no denying we are now in the middle of a bleak “crypto winter”.

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