Bitcoin not a currency? South Africa to regulate crypto as financial asset
South Africa’s Reserve Bank will regulate cryptocurrencies as financial assets, and new laws are expected over the next 12 months.
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South Africa’s Reserve Bank will regulate cryptocurrencies as financial assets, and new laws are expected over the next 12 months.
President Joe Biden's executive order on crypto from March directed the Treasury Department to take the lead among other government agencies in developing policy recommendations.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier, assistant secretary for the SEC, said it had extended to allow for “sufficient time to consider the proposed rule change and the issues raised therein.”
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