FT商學院

The sun starts to set on Wild West days of crypto

Concerns over money laundering and market crashes are growing as more consumers bet on digital assets

Even as cryptocurrencies have become more widely accepted as an asset class, they have struggled to throw off their reputation of inhabiting a digital “Wild West” — a place where law and regulation rarely apply.

There are signs, though, that the lawless days of cryptocurrencies are coming to an end. And, as a result, companies marketing crypto assets — as well as digital services providers — are scrambling to avoid being taken to task by new regulatory requirements.

Cryptocurrency markets have grown fast since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, and the industry’s value has regularly exceeded $2tn, according to financial authorities.

您已閱讀11%(646字),剩餘89%(5481字)包含更多重要資訊,訂閱以繼續探索完整內容,並享受更多專屬服務。
版權聲明:本文版權歸FT中文網所有,未經允許任何單位或個人不得轉載,複製或以任何其他方式使用本文全部或部分,侵權必究。
設置字型大小×
最小
較小
默認
較大
最大
分享×