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WEF and BCG report: digital asset regulation now goes far beyond cryptocurrency

Original sourceCrypto Briefing

Summary

A World Economic Forum (WEF) and BCG report says digital asset regulation is expanding from cryptocurrency to broader digital assets and related services. The report focuses on three areas: establishing legal certainty, protecting assets in custody, and strengthening anti-financial-crime measures.…

Key points

  • Crypto and digital asset firms operating across borders can use this to map gaps in custody, anti-money laundering, and legal certainty.
  • As regulation spills over to digital assets and services broadly, compliance costs will spread from exchanges to more infrastructure providers.
  • Firms need to re-examine custody protection and anti-financial-crime mechanisms; teams operating in multiple countries should also assess how local regulatory stances affect capital and business flows.

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