Global rules needed to regulate cryptocurrency, says UK watchdog

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Global rules needed to regulate cryptocurrency, says UK watchdog
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Global rules needed to regulate cryptocurrency, says UK watchdog

The CEO of the Financial Conduct Authforority has stressed the need of global regulations to "keep markets clean."

Nikhil Rathi, CEO of the UK financial regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has spoken publicly about the need for cryptocurrency regulation. In a speech for the Peterson Institute for...

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