How does regulation affect the future of cryptocurrency?

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Quote from: michellee on February 11, 2023, 08:13:29 AM

That could happen if the government tightens the rules and forces crypto users to comply. This may limit the growth of crypto and crypto users can't hide from the government because they are being watched. There is no longer the anonymity that crypto users have had.

I do not agree that increased regulation will limit the growth of cryptocurrencies. On the contrary, it will increase it. Bitcoin is an example of this. Increased regulation will attract more institutional money and increase adoption. People need a guarantee that they won't be cheated, that cryptocurrencies can be used legally, and that the crypto environment is free of all kinds of scammers who will steal your money. Crypto regulation has grown a lot in the last 5 years, but the industry itself has grown a lot, many cryptocurrencies have become very expensive. For the idea of cryptocurrencies itself, regulation will be a bad sign, but for the development and adoption, on the contrary, a positive sign.

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Quote from: crwth on February 17, 2023, 11:38:48 AM

As long as there are people who try to take advantage of the newbies in the Cryptocurrency space, there would be a lot of people who would want to try and save those newbies in order to have people still invested. That’s going to have fewer problems and would be tolerable. Regulations take place to have the right rules and monitor projects for the safety of people.

You just can’t really satisfy everyone and there would be a lot of people in and out of support with regulations.

Regulations are only there to help protect people from losing their money as a result of business malpractices. They're also designed to give more legitimacy to the industry. The downside of having a regulated crypto world, is that you won't get to enjoy all of the benefits Blockchain tech provides. It's like getting subject to the rules of traditional banking all over again. With KYC all over the place, you can say goodbye to privacy for good. Some countries are regulating crypto with an "iron fist", while others have a softer approach towards it.

We really can't avoid regulations if we want crypto to reach the masses worldwide. It's the only way BTC and other alts would be able to reach a new ATH in the future. Things are only getting started, so hold on tight as this is going to be a "bumpy" ride. Just my thoughts Grin

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In some countries, regulators have taken a hands-off approach, allowing the cryptocurrency market to develop freely. In other countries, regulators have imposed restrictions, such as bans on trading or initial coin offerings (ICOs).

I am not quite sure yet what to think about all the regulations regarding cryptocurrencies because for me regulations are like a double-edged sword. On the one side they are bad of course because cryptos were once invented to give it's users the possibilty to transfer wealth without any middlesmen and without any federal banks or institutions involved. On the other hand i think that we need some form of regulation or the very big players and also the broad masses will not start to invest into cryptocurrencies at all. For a lot of people cryptos still have a reputation of being shady and being used to pay for illegal stuff.

As long as the source code of bitcoin is not changed to go against the ideals that created it everything is fine, it is true that regulations are a double edged sword but I think it is imperative that we bring more people to this market even if some concessions need to be made, because once the economic system begins to break down people will know they have in bitcoin an option to protect themselves, and at that point even if the regulations became harsher people will find ways to get around them.

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Quote from: ryzaadit on February 08, 2023, 02:20:27 PM

Right now, it's an only effect in the short-term.

If there has some news like the "Ban" example from China, it's not effect anymore because repeated news. For the news "accepted" crypto, the good things is always we can gain more user into crypto.

But sometimes the regulation is always can be change like China did.

The issue of China crypto ban may not affect globally anymore but it affects the future of crypto development in China. When China bans crypto totally, crypto will be difficult to develop there because of some limitations. Local exchanges will be closed, it should kill the desire/hope of people to have crypto coins. There will be no crypto activities in that country if the ban is applied for a long time. Finally, crypto activities in China will disappear if no change in the regulation.

Yep. In fact, the regulation is often changed. Not only in China, but it is also applied to other countries.

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Quote from: prithibiahmed on February 07, 2023, 02:51:24 PM

In some countries, regulators have taken a hands-off approach, allowing the cryptocurrency market to develop freely. In other countries, regulators have imposed restrictions, such as bans on trading or initial coin offerings (ICOs).

I am not quite sure yet what to think about all the regulations regarding cryptocurrencies because for me regulations are like a double-edged sword. On the one side they are bad of course because cryptos were once invented to give it's users the possibilty to transfer wealth without any middlesmen and without any federal banks or institutions involved. On the other hand i think that we need some form of regulation or the very big players and also the broad masses will not start to invest into cryptocurrencies at all. For a lot of people cryptos still have a reputation of being shady and being used to pay for illegal stuff.

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Regulations is a priority factor that affects Crypto-currency in so many ways, regulations determines also the price of so many altcoins and can also make or break them.

Regulations has been one of Crypto-currency main opposition and it seem not to be going away, but the most affected part of the regulations in Crypto-currency has been the sector’s relating to Altcoin except for some countries with religious regulations that has affected Bitcoin.

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As long as there are people who try to take advantage of the newbies in the Cryptocurrency space, there would be a lot of people who would want to try and save those newbies in order to have people still invested. That’s going to have fewer problems and would be tolerable. Regulations take place to have the right rules and monitor projects for the safety of people.

You just can’t really satisfy everyone and there would be a lot of people in and out of support with regulations.

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It can definitely be said that the regulation of cryptocurrencies primarily protects the investor by law and, accordingly, will reduce fraud in the market. And this will attract a lot of capital with a lot of money to the market, which will increase the market capitalization several times.

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The effect would be simply huge; opposing the nature of cryptocurrency which is decentralization. Regulation would allow taxes to be applied in every transaction which would simply make the fees more expensive and will just make this technology no different from fiat based digital currencies. Also, there might be changes as well with the demand wherein people will just use fiat on transactions. As we can see, most of the people in this industry are after market price volatility. Taking advantage of the changes in the market prices generate profit for the investors. So if interest won't be high, same thing would go to its price making it less profitable and interesting to the eyes of investors.

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Quote from: prithibiahmed on February 07, 2023, 02:51:24 PM

In some countries, regulators have taken a hands-off approach, allowing the cryptocurrency market to develop freely. In other countries, regulators have imposed restrictions, such as bans on trading or initial coin offerings (ICOs).

The regulatory environment can impact the future of cryptocurrency in several ways, including:

Influencing investor confidence: Regulatory clarity and stability can help to increase investor confidence, which can lead to increased adoption and investment in cryptocurrency.

With regulation, people will have confidence on the launched new projects since if the project goes rogue, people behind the project are known and can be sued of fraud, and authority can go after these perpetrators.

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Shaping technological development: Regulations can also shape the direction of technological development, such as requiring increased security measures or privacy protections.

The technology will develop without regulation, since most of the project are competing against each other, it is normal that one will introduce an advance tech than the other one. By having an advance tech to offer, a project can get more investors.

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Limiting market growth: Restrictive regulations can limit market growth by discouraging innovation or limiting access to investment opportunities.

It's important to keep in mind that the regulatory environment for cryptocurrency is constantly evolving, and new developments can have a significant impact on the future of the market.

That is centralized authority for us, they have the say on everything. If they wanted the tech to advance, they will demand it. If they wanted the tech to lay low, they will apprehend anyone breaking that rule.

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Quote from: Oneandpure on February 16, 2023, 04:31:52 PM

Government regulation depend on how cryptocurrency or altcoin project owner trusted, many time not only altcoin project but also top trusted exchange market like FTX have been collapse and I think this reason why difficult getting government regulation from cryptocurrency. Each country not easy how to allowed cryptocurrency as legal payment transaction because need transparent and how stability control for some altcoin before going drop drastically like Terra Luna Network.

Government try to protect their citizen and keep safety when investing assets in cryptocurrency for the future, seems still many bad impact with altcoin price drop and the owner have been scammer become option still not get regulation from government.

Cryptocurrency is volatile on the majority and it is one of it's characteristics, The government can't control or stabilize the prices unless they want to aim for a stable coin for a payment transactions. I believe that crypto education is a must for people who wants to invest in a project. Scammers is every where, Even on fiat based investment industry there are still brave scammers who are doing there thing even government have their identity, What more on crypto where it is most likely not doxxed. I think it's not right to centralized a heavy decision like this just basing on one or two or few altcoins that have dropped, Even on stock market which is legal, there are also winter season there where stocks drops heavily. There's no investment that has no risk and it is still you decision if you will take the big risk of investment.

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Quote from: Captain Corporate on February 12, 2023, 05:07:27 PM

Too many people are FUDding about a potential regulation and yet do not realize that it would open the doors for big whales. You may think that we are big with bitcoin, and there are some hedge funds and all that, but I am talking about trillion dollars going into bitcoin world, an amount that has never been put into bitcoin before, finally going into it. Why would that type of money go in if it didn't so far? Because there wasn't a good regulation in most of the world, as soon as we end up with something decent, we are going to end up with a good return and it will definitely be something that we all could enjoy and all those whales will jump right in.

I might not think about it as well. However, I don't even think it is bad for the crypto market but yes, it would encourage more investors and merchants to adopt crypto. Regulations could help to minimize scams which could really change the view of the market and less the risk for the investors.
For now, we only have just assumptions about what will be the impact on the market prices but I believe this is not negative, yet I see optimism in this situation.

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Government regulation depend on how cryptocurrency or altcoin project owner trusted, many time not only altcoin project but also top trusted exchange market like FTX have been collapse and I think this reason why difficult getting government regulation from cryptocurrency. Each country not easy how to allowed cryptocurrency as legal payment transaction because need transparent and how stability control for some altcoin before going drop drastically like Terra Luna Network.

Government try to protect their citizen and keep safety when investing assets in cryptocurrency for the future, seems still many bad impact with altcoin price drop and the owner have been scammer become option still not get regulation from government.

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Good regulation means a lot of big companies will get in, bad regulation means they won't. That is the gist of it if you ask me, of course it is not the whole story but that is the biggest one. If you want wall street to pour in billions and billions constantly, you need to have a good regulation and if you do not have that then it means you are not going to be doing good and will lack that money.

If there are good regulations and those companies start to spend billions that means you are going to also see the price of bitcoin go up as well. I can't say much else about it, there would be some other stuff but none of it will matter as much as this one.

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Quote from: cafee_orange on February 14, 2023, 03:26:03 AM

I think that the existence of regulations from the Government or any authority will have a very big influence on the continued progress of Cryptocurrency, or in other words, every user of the blockchain technology has protection, both in terms of security in storage and guaranteed security when making transactions.
Blockchain technology has indirectly facilitated the entire process of digital transactions with various advantages such as data security and transparency issues.
https://aptika.kominfo.go.id/2021/08/regulasi-akan-lindungi-konsumen-dalam-pemanfaatan-blockchain/

Regulations are meant to benefit the government and their regulators and not the end user, one case of this was when icos were forced to ask for the personal information of their investors, regulators wanted to know who and how much they were investing in those projects, however did this regulation benefit the end user? Not really, the developers behind those same icos not only stole your money but your personal information as well, and it is one of the many reasons the ico model almost disappeared.

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I think that the existence of regulations from the Government or any authority will have a very big influence on the continued progress of Cryptocurrency, or in other words, every user of the blockchain technology has protection, both in terms of security in storage and guaranteed security when making transactions.
Blockchain technology has indirectly facilitated the entire process of digital transactions with various advantages such as data security and transparency issues.
https://aptika.kominfo.go.id/2021/08/regulasi-akan-lindungi-konsumen-dalam-pemanfaatan-blockchain/

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Too many people are FUDding about a potential regulation and yet do not realize that it would open the doors for big whales. You may think that we are big with bitcoin, and there are some hedge funds and all that, but I am talking about trillion dollars going into bitcoin world, an amount that has never been put into bitcoin before, finally going into it. Why would that type of money go in if it didn't so far? Because there wasn't a good regulation in most of the world, as soon as we end up with something decent, we are going to end up with a good return and it will definitely be something that we all could enjoy and all those whales will jump right in.

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Quote from: dothebeats on February 12, 2023, 04:48:46 PM

It's a make or break thing for crypto. If the regulation is in favor of cryptocurrencies, it can attract a lot of new people that have always wanted to try cryptocurrencies but never did because they're uncertain of its legality. If it's the opposite, it will drive away those who wanted to try it, while some hardcore users will likely still use it albeit being put into danger for their disobedience of the said regulation. Regulation, unfortunately, is what decides whether things will flourish or not. Same goes to crypto although it has somewhat existed without any regulations applied to it whatsoever but it still is deterring people to use it because of the uncertainty.

We know that each corners of the world or simply speaking about government wouldn't really be seeing that crypto is something that they could easily accept.We do know on what are their main concerns if we do speak about being decentralized or something that cant really be controlled.

Regulation does really affect out and we've seen that it gets becomes tighter as the years passing which they are really that trying to touch up those platforms and services who do really get involved
with crypto. Yes, it could affect but still we do have some markets that cant really be touched up by the government no matter what.

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It's a make or break thing for crypto. If the regulation is in favor of cryptocurrencies, it can attract a lot of new people that have always wanted to try cryptocurrencies but never did because they're uncertain of its legality. If it's the opposite, it will drive away those who wanted to try it, while some hardcore users will likely still use it albeit being put into danger for their disobedience of the said regulation. Regulation, unfortunately, is what decides whether things will flourish or not. Same goes to crypto although it has somewhat existed without any regulations applied to it whatsoever but it still is deterring people to use it because of the uncertainty.

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Quote from: prithibiahmed on February 07, 2023, 02:51:24 PM

In some countries, regulators have taken a hands-off approach, allowing the cryptocurrency market to develop freely. In other countries, regulators have imposed restrictions, such as bans on trading or initial coin offerings (ICOs).

In fact, the government is a country that will always make an effort to control the cryptocurrency business. We may see how they make some rules and regulations about local exchanges to be fulfilled. And if they are not registered in the governance, they will be said as illegal in the country. However they will make it like FUD in the media. Government has nothing to against cryptocurrency and they will always spread FUD if they don't like crypto. But some other countries accept crypto business as long as they want to fulfill the rules and regulations in the country. And if we are asking about how the regulation will affect the crypto is that it will give enough influence the crypto world. Because, how many people will survive in the crypto world will also relate to how crypto is in their country.,

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Quote from: prithibiahmed on February 07, 2023, 02:51:24 PM

In some countries, regulators have taken a hands-off approach, allowing the cryptocurrency market to develop freely. In other countries, regulators have imposed restrictions, such as bans on trading or initial coin offerings (ICOs).

The regulatory environment can impact the future of cryptocurrency in several ways, including:

Influencing investor confidence: Regulatory clarity and stability can help to increase investor confidence, which can lead to increased adoption and investment in cryptocurrency.

Shaping technological development: Regulations can also shape the direction of technological development, such as requiring increased security measures or privacy protections.

Limiting market growth: Restrictive regulations can limit market growth by discouraging innovation or limiting access to investment opportunities.

It's important to keep in mind that the regulatory environment for cryptocurrency is constantly evolving, and new developments can have a significant impact on the future of the market.

Too much regulations will do more harm than good to the crypto industry in the long run. It stifles innovation and prevents people from using crypto at its fullest. But without any regulations, the crypto sector would be complete "anarchism". So there needs to be a balance for crypto to flourish without restrictions or limitations whatsoever.

It's safe to say that regulations are inevitable since crypto is too popular worldwide. Some countries have decided to regulate crypto with an "iron fist", while others are taking a softer approach towards it. The US has been exceeding its authority against crypto lately, putting the future of the industry within the region at risk. If all other countries treat crypto badly, then it will be the end of an era as we know it (even though crypto is decentralized). No one can predict the future, so we can only hope for the best. Just my opinion

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Quote from: Wexnident on February 09, 2023, 07:28:54 AM

I don't really think we need any regulations, any sort of influence it can give is actually just it restricting the crypto scene in the first place. No investor would be scared (if there were any) of investing in crypto if the government didn't place sanctions on it in the first place. Ofc regulations do increase the confidence of regular people in using crypto, but it doesn't necessarily stop scams from happening, and scams are the ones that make people want to stay away from crypto in the first place.

States and their governments will not ask cryptocurrency market participants whether we need rules or not. They will act in a way that suits them. And this means that they will definitely establish the rules for the circulation of cryptocurrencies that are convenient for them, which are also applied to other financial assets. This is simply inevitable and we need to put up with it, but defend the acceptability of such rules for all market participants. In general, general and reasonable regulation of the cryptocurrency market is necessary if we want the cryptocurrency to have the official status of a means of payment in all states and their protection from fraudsters and other abuses.

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And the regulation may later ask for an explanation from every investor who invests in crypto to register all their coins so that the government can monitor them, including if they want to sell or buy these coins. And if they make a transaction, it will be reported directly to the regulator or government so that the government can tax crypto users.

That could happen if the government tightens the rules and forces crypto users to comply. This may limit the growth of crypto and crypto users can't hide from the government because they are being watched. There is no longer the anonymity that crypto users have had.

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Quote from: prithibiahmed on February 07, 2023, 02:51:24 PM

The regulatory environment can impact the future of cryptocurrency in several ways, including:
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Limiting market growth: Restrictive regulations can limit market growth by discouraging innovation or limiting access to investment opportunities.

It's important to keep in mind that the regulatory environment for cryptocurrency is constantly evolving, and new developments can have a significant impact on the future of the market.

But I'd never find it hard for our part as an investor because it was not limiting our opportunities but instead, it is made to control hypes projects which is a common reason why some people had to lose their money.
I do agree that it discourages innovations but at least we are able to decrease the number of scam projects in the market. In fact, we don't need more crypto innovations because what we need is the application of those projects that are already created. We can't assume that restrictions will ruin crypto market, we can't just think all about negative but have to wait that time and let us see what really happen.

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That's not quite the right wording about neutral. Most countries do not have a neutral position on crypto regulation, but a loyal one. That is, there is a legal and tax framework that allows the crypto-industry to develop, but under the supervision of regulators, thus, various services must be licensed by the local regulator. Somewhere on the forum I saw the information that at the moment 120 countries of the world have such regulation, i.e. most countries.

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It can affect temporarily - that is what see.
Because people will never stop finding a way and give up as they are already in the market unless the use of crypto was totally banned. As long as it was still manageable, crypto will remain one of the most profitable investments which means that investors will continue doing this despite of the strict regulations. In fact, it was expected especially when the government is trying to control the flow of crypto transactions.

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Quote from: prithibiahmed on February 07, 2023, 02:51:24 PM

It's important to keep in mind that the regulatory environment for cryptocurrency is constantly evolving, and new developments can have a significant impact on the future of the market.

That is true and they never stop. The changes are permanent and we don't know what's in it for the regulatory bodies that are monitoring the growth of cryptocurrencies.
Today, they may like it and the policies aren't as heavy as the other nations imposed on their crypto people. Tomorrow, it might change as we have said, they're really changing and evolving overtime.

But it is the unstable nature of the regulations which make people to ignore them, and if we add that in many of the countries in which the most strict regulations are put in place are the countries which are facing very difficult economic conditions, then it is not difficult to imagine that if people have to decide between using cryptocurrencies and having something to eat or following the regulations put in place but suffer from hunger then they will prefer to use cryptocurrencies even if they have to disobey the law to do it.

That's why they are there, to set some standard for people to follow in this very unstable market. But with that example of yours, it happens at most times when people no longer follow regulations and just follow what they think is going to be the best for them.
It's no longer a secret that if it's for some reasons, there are laws that really aren't being followed and for crypto, we're still at the early stages of it and these standards are just based on what the government think of it and based from its country's stand on it.

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Quote from: prithibiahmed on February 07, 2023, 02:51:24 PM

It's important to keep in mind that the regulatory environment for cryptocurrency is constantly evolving, and new developments can have a significant impact on the future of the market.

That is true and they never stop. The changes are permanent and we don't know what's in it for the regulatory bodies that are monitoring the growth of cryptocurrencies.
Today, they may like it and the policies aren't as heavy as the other nations imposed on their crypto people. Tomorrow, it might change as we have said, they're really changing and evolving overtime.

But it is the unstable nature of the regulations which make people to ignore them, and if we add that in many of the countries in which the most strict regulations are put in place are the countries which are facing very difficult economic conditions, then it is not difficult to imagine that if people have to decide between using cryptocurrencies and having something to eat or following the regulations put in place but suffer from hunger then they will prefer to use cryptocurrencies even if they have to disobey the law to do it.

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When the government left their primary role of supervising

I think that's not really true for many nations as of right now, there are many nations which are either very pro-crypto, such as El Salvador, or there are some nations that just have rules in place enough to make it work like USA, sure they do not have all the needed laws yet, but they have some laws and regulations which allows companies like Coinbase and Kraken to be there.

Sorry if I have made an over exaggerated statement in the comment above, what I was trying to say about Nations and government most especially the government is that you have no choice but to wait for that day when decentralized finance will easily be accepted.
-the big question is, will the global Bitcoin law give more freedom for bitcoin use, the situation surrounding Bitcoin differs from the one country rmdo they gave you subsequently.

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Dealing with KYC with Bitcoin in web wallets are the most pet peeve I ever had. Considering that it takes a lot of business days just to process it and sometimes the team is not even responsive that they won't be able to cater you right away only to find out that your application was rejected.

And yes, it kinda defeats the whole pseudonymous (if that's what you meant?) of holding cryptos, that's why crypto like Bitcoin is never going to be the primary or even the global currency.

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Quote from: prithibiahmed on February 07, 2023, 02:51:24 PM

It's important to keep in mind that the regulatory environment for cryptocurrency is constantly evolving, and new developments can have a significant impact on the future of the market.

That is true and they never stop. The changes are permanent and we don't know what's in it for the regulatory bodies that are monitoring the growth of cryptocurrencies.
Today, they may like it and the policies aren't as heavy as the other nations imposed on their crypto people. Tomorrow, it might change as we have said, they're really changing and evolving overtime.

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Quote from: Wiwo on February 08, 2023, 11:00:06 AM

When the government left their primary role of supervising and regulating the cryptocurrency space and becoming an opposition to Cryptocurrency it clear that we may not have a good inter-relationship between cryptocurrency and the government of most countries.
-While we have some countries who are aware pf the role and allowing free cryptocurrency development within their region along the regulatory framework and licensing of cryptocurrency services.
-Others have a ban or restriction which has hampered the growth and development of the cryptocurrency market within their region.
-While we are at that the global economic crisis has played a vital role in putting Cryptocurrency on the frontline to becoming the future of money and assets.

I think that's not really true for many nations as of right now, there are many nations which are either very pro-crypto, such as El Salvador, or there are some nations that just have rules in place enough to make it work like USA, sure they do not have all the needed laws yet, but they have some laws and regulations which allows companies like Coinbase and Kraken to be there.

I believe that the best thing to do right now is to keep it going as it is to make sure it keeps growing. Bitcoin growing is not the point, companies that are related to bitcoin growing is the point, if Coinbase becomes bigger, that can only help Americans and they should aim at that.

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I don't really think we need any regulations, any sort of influence it can give is actually just it restricting the crypto scene in the first place. No investor would be scared (if there were any) of investing in crypto if the government didn't place sanctions on it in the first place. Ofc regulations do increase the confidence of regular people in using crypto, but it doesn't necessarily stop scams from happening, and scams are the ones that make people want to stay away from crypto in the first place.

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We already have regulations in place already,

- KYC
- certain amounts of crypto that allow you to transfer

So I guess there are cons and pros on it. Although it totally defeat the purpose of crypto being a psuedo anonymous, know every services is mandated to do KYC, either exchanges or crypto gambling sites.

On the other hand, it could be could as to prevent criminals from using crypto and hide their wealth and launder their dirty money.

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Regulations are nothing but restricting and allowing it to grow in the way they wanted to be and it can be influenced by the money and power which is so called corrupted system. There is a saying that regulations can stop scams but the fact is no they can't stop anything or else we may see the current fiat based monetary system with no scams.

Regulating cryptocurrency will lead to some restrictions from its potential growth and importantly KYC is trying to Neutralize the decentralisation as much as possible but what is supposed to happen it will happen eventually by breaking all the barriers.

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Quote from: @sriyan on February 08, 2023, 02:23:54 PM

My only concern is quantum computing. Because if it is there, it can do the 51% attack on the most decentralized network of the bitcoin network. Then that will be the end of the blockchains and the cryptocurrency.

Disadvantages :
1. It will affect the current market prices and volatility.

It's till around next 7 years before quantum computing will exist, do you think there's no one will discuss and improve Bitcoin protocols in order to prevent from quantum computing attack? I don't believe quantum computing will destroy Bitcoin, at least it's not happen anytime soon for next 10 years. You should check how much the difficulty to hack someone wallet and calculate the speed of quantum computing to break it.

Nope, regulations wouldn't affect current market price and volatility because the exchange open for 24/7.

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I think regulation of the cryptocurrency is good for the investor side. Most of the altcoin projects are scams. They are trying to scam the valuable money of the investor. It will increase trust in the cryptocurrency.
My only concern is quantum computing. Because if it is there, it can do the 51% attack on the most decentralized network of the bitcoin network. Then that will be the end of the blockchains and the cryptocurrency.

There are a few benefits and disadvantages due to regulations.

Benefits :
1. Increase the trust
2. There will be a lower number of scam-type projects.

Disadvantages :
1. It will affect the current market prices and volatility.

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Right now, it's an only effect in the short-term.

If there has some news like the "Ban" example from China, it's not effect anymore because repeated news. For the news "accepted" crypto, the good things is always we can gain more user into crypto.

But sometimes the regulation is always can be change like China did.

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When the government left their primary role of supervising and regulating the cryptocurrency space and becoming an opposition to Cryptocurrency it clear that we may not have a good inter-relationship between cryptocurrency and the government of most countries.
-While we have some countries who are aware pf the role and allowing free cryptocurrency development within their region along the regulatory framework and licensing of cryptocurrency services.
-Others have a ban or restriction which has hampered the growth and development of the cryptocurrency market within their region.
-While we are at that the global economic crisis has played a vital role in putting Cryptocurrency on the frontline to becoming the future of money and assets.

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Quote from: prithibiahmed on February 07, 2023, 02:51:24 PM

Shaping technological development: Regulations can also shape the direction of technological development, such as requiring increased security measures or privacy protections.

Limiting market growth: Restrictive regulations can limit market growth by discouraging innovation or limiting access to investment opportunities.

The governments or any authority indeed need to draw a line within cryptocurrencies spaces. Nevertheless, we must note the recent examples that strict and excessive regulation doesn't help. Tornado Cash is a tool that enables a user to gain their own privacy, unfortunately, the recent issues make the platform itself ceases to exist. Their alibis are the tool being used for bad stuff, well, such unintended consequences will always be rooted within a technology that truly protects users' privacy.

Thus, regulations don't significantly help users' security or privacy protections per se. It just formalises business that deals within the crypto sector to give extra caution over those aspect.

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In some countries, regulators have taken a hands-off approach, allowing the cryptocurrency market to develop freely. In other countries, regulators have imposed restrictions, such as bans on trading or initial coin offerings (ICOs).

The regulatory environment can impact the future of cryptocurrency in several ways, including:

Influencing investor confidence: Regulatory clarity and stability can help to increase investor confidence, which can lead to increased adoption and investment in cryptocurrency.

Shaping technological development: Regulations can also shape the direction of technological development, such as requiring increased security measures or privacy protections.

Limiting market growth: Restrictive regulations can limit market growth by discouraging innovation or limiting access to investment opportunities.

It's important to keep in mind that the regulatory environment for cryptocurrency is constantly evolving, and new developments can have a significant impact on the future of the market.

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