Cryptocurrency continues to take hold as an international social, economic, and cultural phenomenon. Like with any new and emerging technology, the speed at which users have adopted cryptocurrency has drastically outpaced the speed of state and federal agencies in studying, much less regulating, the technology. But that is starting to […]
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The fast-growing decentralized finance (DeFi) system—the collection of finance applications built on blockchain technology—holds promise for a new financial architecture that can eliminate the need for traditional intermediaries (such as banks, brokers, and exchanges) and reduce rents (excess profits) in the financial sector. But it also generates formidable challenges for […]
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Executives at large public companies want the Financial Accounting Standards Board to write rules on how to treat cryptocurrency assets and transactions related to environmental, social and governance issues. The U.S. accounting standard setter in June launched an agenda consultation, its first in five years, seeking the public’s views on […]