Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin Calls for Regulatory Reform in Crypto Industry
Summary:
Ethereum co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, communicates his dissatisfaction with the present regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies and suggests improvements. He critiqued the U.S. regulation scenario where cryptocurrency entities providing transparent profit narratives are penalized while those harnessing ambiguity are tolerated. He suggested a shift towards a situation where issuing a token without a clear explanation of sustained or increased economic value becomes risky and advocated balanced policies from both regulators and the industry. He further recommended limiting leverage, enforcing audits and transparency, and knowledge test gating for usage.
Vitalik Buterin, the candid co-founder of Ethereum, lately voiced his dissatisfaction with the current regulation of cryptocurrencies, suggesting a possible solution to the issue. While interacting with a member on Warpcast, a social media platform that operates using the Farcaster protocol, Buterin lamented the predicament in which current regulatory measures have left well-intentioned cryptocurrency developers.
In Buterin's view, the major obstacle for crypto regulation, particularly in the U.S., has always been a scenario where if one does something purposeless or requests money in return for vague hints of potential profits, they are tolerated. Yet, providing customers with a transparent narrative of where profits derive from and assurances about their rights lands you in trouble, as you're labelled "a security". This odd blend of anarchy and tyranny generates an incentive gradient that proves more detrimental to the cryptospace than either extreme tyranny or anarchy.
On the anarchy front, the number of ill-intentioned players, fraudsters, and groundless hype creators spreading on social media and sharing platforms appears unending. Buterin had previously proposed three solutions to the challenge of "pointless" cryptocurrency goods and services. These include enforcing audits and transparency, curbing leverage, and knowledge test gating for usage. It's not clear how cryptocurrency knowledge tests could be put into effect regulation-wise or executed at individual or corporate levels. However, it would probably be a policy issue to impose restrictions on the leverage of cryptocurrency projects and implement auditing and transparency report requirements.
Unfortunately, the belief within the cryptocurrency community is that the U.S., despite hosting a large number of cryptocurrency users, has an ambiguous or inconsistent policy towards cryptocurrency regulation. Rather than providing the most protection to firms and projects without a lasting vision or strategy, Buterin would prefer a shift to a situation where issuing a token without presenting a clear long-term reason for its sustained or increased economic value becomes risky.
Nevertheless, Buterin hinted that establishing regulations in the interest of the cryptocurrency industry is only half the fight, stating: "Achieving such a state will necessitate a sincere commitment from both the regulators and the industry".
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Published At
6/29/2024 11:41:26 PM
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