As new US agency heads line up, the crypto sector is braced for change

From a potential national bitcoin reserve to a more pro-crypto regulatory posture, this sector is gearing up for at least some transformation.

One of the US’s top financial regulators has shown concern about the existing ‘insufficient’ regulation for digital assets, which include bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies.

Rostin Behnam, chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), told the Financial Times there was currently a regulatory gap around the crypto industry.

He

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