Will Goldman’s Crypto Move Lead to Regulatory Clarity

Goldman Sachs announced plans to open a bitcoin trading operation and now other banks might be soon to follow; one direct effect of the Goldman move could be regulators making it a higher priority to offer clarity to banks; “It’s part of a natural evolution of a new asset class,” said Ajit Tripathi, a partner at Consensys, to TearSheet; he continued later, “Goldman have created entire markets in the past and their entry in crypto asset markets definitely marks a shift in the maturation of crypto asset markets,” Source.

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