SEC's demands are a 'threshold moment' for Bitcoin and other cryptos

Mark Battersby
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Fresh demands from the US financial regulators on cryptocurrencies are "a threshold moment" for Bitcoin and other digital assets, argues Nigel Green, chief executive and founder of deVere Group. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler has said that Wall Street's top watchdog needs Congress to grant it more power to oversee the growing crypto market. Green said: "These demands by the SEC - the financial regulator of the world's largest economy - underscore again that cryptocurrencies are a major growth market and are gaining further influence within the mainstrea...

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