The U.S. Department of the Treasury issues its FinTech report as bitcoin gains institutional momentum. Given all the attention to cryptoasset trading over the past two weeks, it's a bit strange that the U.S. Department of the Treasury makes no mention of it in its long-awaited FinTech report (PDF). Yet bitcoin was designed and is used as a cryptocurrency, and Treasury and its … [Read more...] about Treasury and Bitcoin
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The differences in approach to FinTech regulation in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union The tension between innovation and regulation and the need for clear guidelines tightened last week in the United States. Two officials from agencies that regulate U.S. financial institutions moved their financial-technology regulatory agendas forward in an … [Read more...] about Regulation Innovation