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Story: Hester Pierce States Cryptocurrency Investors have to make their own Decisions

By Dan Saada

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SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce stated, “We need to allow people that are interested in this space [crypto] to be involved with it in a way that is within the regulated framework.

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Blockchain innovation in America has been often stifled by growing discontent among cryptocurrency businesses in the country due to the patchwork of Federal and State laws.

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Dire warnings have been issued in the form of US cryptocurrency regulations.  Several cryptocurrency platforms are geofencing US traders.

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The SEC has been attempting to maintain the decade-old regulation in order to fit the cryptocurrency asset class.

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Jay Clayton, SEC Chairman has been consistently holding the view that Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) tokens are to be categorized as Securities.

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Putting the ICOs as a Security puts the country at disadvantage when it comes to adopting the digital economy.

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The SEC commissioner opines that regulators will have to create an enabling government facilitating innovation where it would be best to leave the product testing to the market.

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Steve Mnuchin, US Treasury Secretary stated that the regulators like the SEC should collaborate in developing crypto-specific laws which will suit the country without…

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While the regulatory frameworks concerning cryptocurrency has developed differently in different areas of the world, the United States has not captured a leading position in the…

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US being the economic powerhouse has been facing regulatory challenges when it comes to enabling a regulatory landscape for the country.

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The IRS previously proposed to treat, “as property for U.S. federal tax purposes.”  The U.S.

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With each regulator putting forth different legal and tax requirements, there is a lack of clear regulatory framework for cryptocurrency development in the US.

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