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Government Regulations may be good or bad, either way I am not sure what could really be the effect of regulations on cryptocurrency. On the contrary, the government regulations on stock market exchange was able to increase the number of investors by encouragement and building up trust and confidence of the investors for stock market exchange. Thus, making it clear that many individuals are getting involve in stock market doing day trade for them to profit.

It was never known that regulations in cryptocurrency may be at help. I came across with an article about cryptocurrency regulations states that some of the investors were now worried and afraid that without clear regulations it will deprive them to enjoy the stay on cryptocurrency. Thus, will not help also the newcomers to feel secured in joining cryptocurrency.


But what could really be the benefit of regulations?


So, if one will make the best move to let cryptocurrency be regulated all over the countries around the world then definitely cryptocurrency will be next to stock market exchange. Maybe it could be better than stock market exchange because we are not talking about real money it is a digital currency which aims decentralized currency and to provide good service to its investors or consumers attracting low transaction fee than the current banking system. Hopefully this innovation will push through regulations.

Reference: https://hbr.org/2018/07/how-regulation-could-help-cryptocurrencies-grow



 

Of course, regulation is something we even cannot shy away from as far as I am concerned and it would be of huge benefit to this space in terms of growth. This is an evolution that will disrupt a lot of things, but its function can be misused if care is not taken and that would limit the growth of the space in the long run.

Virtually, over 90% of ICOs are scams, and a lot of tokens or coins have no real life product and it is more like they are just running on some pyramid schemes, and as long as this keeps happening, it will keep giving the space a bad name just because of some bad eggs.

Regulation will curtail most of these things, while separating the bad eggs and eliminating them and with that kind of a situation, we get to have a matured space that can easily grow fast while leaving investors mind at rest. We need SMART regulation, and I hope this is something we will get to see.

It actually depends on the angle one is looking at it. The regulation in the stock market advantages cannot be understated. For me, it only provides an overseeing function that gives players in the market the consciousness that someone is watching over them and they have to play according to the rules but this does not mean several immoral activities are being carried out by that same players but when they are caught, they sure would be made to pay.

For crypto, regulation would actually add some premium to the market in several areas. One area is providing the consciousness that someone is watching your activities, two is the verification of several companies, another is the ensuring of accountability for companies by complying with basic requirement such as filing report on a regular basis, conducting annual meeting, having audit committee, a whistle blowing mechanism etc.

Every market regulation increases the entry barrier of that market,thus it gets more difficult for the small businesses to enter the market and compete.The big players usually benefit from market regulations(if the regulations aren't too strict).I don't think that KYC and ID verifications can stop the scammers from cheating.
They could easily bypass those rules.

This is a good point and for sure it will be hard for the small businesses to enter in the market. However, in regulations it could be bent for a little bit for the small businesses. And besides, regulations is not all about small businesses instead it is all about how legit is the project especially in the ICO where it was stated that 80% of ICO are fraudulent and this is alarming.

Maybe, aside from regulations therr should a law or agreement on the security of an investment for the individuals who will going to join. In this way it will promote cryptocurrency and will definitely move crypto market actively.

That is it an I don't know why some cryptocurrency enthusiast are against it.  For sanity to come into this market it must be regulated.  The disadvantages of not regulations is high than advantage. Stock market get to were it is today because it was regulated and if we want cryptocurrency to move to another level then we should allow governments regulate bitcoin and cryptocurrency.

Government regulation is sure going to be an advantage to the cryptocurrency space, as investors will tend to have trust in the space nd ths will increase the awarness and number of the community,Thou government will benefit from tax to be collected, it will be a symbiotic relationship, cryptocurrency is the future stock market exchange, but this won't come to reality until there is government stamp on cryptocurrency.

Well, there is actually no doubt that we will get to see regulation bring this market to a matured state, but it should also be understood that it is something that would actually bring some changes. Obviously, not changes in protocol as most of the crypto market will remain decentralized until they have their protocols changed anyway and that is what makes it good since no one can be in control. The only control that will come with regulation is how exchanges act, the actions of people on the exchanges and how things like scam can be curtailed and really that is a good thing as far as I am concerned.

I had foreseen this also that cryptocurrency is the future of stock exchange but a better way than stock exchange market. The stock market exchange has gone good for government had stomp on it and taking it to the next level We'd hope that it will do the same with cryptocurrency.

Regulating stock makes sense to me, because there is supposed to be something standing behind the papers and numbers and it is nice when there's authority that can make some sort of insurance that completely illegit and useless things are not available. But cryptocurrencies are different. I think that they are, first of all, future means of payment. Money should not have a product behind it and should not be considered as investment. Surely, people often save some fiat for future or try to make profit from price differences when one kind of fiat is exchanged for another sometimes, but that's not the main usage of money. I think the same has to become true about cryptos and then only a part of ICOs (and their future coins/tokens) could qualify as assets to be regulated and taxed. I think it's unfair that the whole variety of what is called 'cryptocurrency' should be treated the same way and suffer because of how some people treat cryptos as something they invest in.

this can vary 180 degrees as happened in the stock exchange in my opinion. Why ?
because fluctuations and volatility are the main problems, if we compare the stock exchange and cryptocurrency in this case it also differs greatly. so there will be two possibilities. win or fail

One should be known and understand that is all investment has risk moreover investing in Crypto decentralized system which has no an entity control it. It definitely has higher risk the traditional or real investment. However, all the risk can be minimize and anticipate as long as the investor deal and want to learn before dealing to invest in Crypto. So, it can not be said that crypto investment is risk, indeed real investment is risk if we do not comprehend it well. 

Regulations are helping not only stock markets but also any other assets whether it is digital or physical from being misused but of course the implementations on crypto are not regulations but obvious bans from government.
Crypto is something that doesn't need to be governed/controlled , we should keep it as it is made for the ease of businesses and individuals

Regulation is good and will bring about the space getting matured the more pretty fast. A lot of people may not like the sound of it, but from the look of things, it actually looks like humans cannot really do things nicely without having some people who will want to jeopardize it, and for that effect, for this space to grow fast, and to see a lot of scamming activities being reduced, the best way is to simply regulate it.

We all know in a lawless country, there is no sin. There is lawlessness at the moment in the crypto space, and apparently, we all know that has given room to every evil doer to keep doing whatever they want to do easily.

On the one side, you have people who are arguing that regulations are able to bring a more mature environment for institutions to step into in order to invest, and lead to more adoption as people's trust in crypto rises. On the flip side, you'd also have some restrictive or draconian regulations especially in regards to KYC/AML requirements where it may not be as positive.

These are all valid. There are drawbacks and benefits of regulations. Honestly, at the end of the day, it's not up to us to decide the regulations, nor is there any way for us to stop certain regulation from happening.

For sure though, I can see that the image of bitcoin being something used in the underworld would clear up if more regulations came into place that are positive, and that could lead to more demand. But it still all depends.

We indeed need smart regulation as there is absolutely no doubt about that. I am happy you already made some reference to the things that has been occurring in the crypto economy for a while and how some bad ones are trying to utilize it for their own way they know how to do best. The only way this can really be curbed is when we tend to have the space regulated. There will be laws in place, some regulation framework in place; people won't just do things the way they like and so on.

Nonetheless, a lot of the part of regulation has to do with the government not trying to bring regulations that would limit the growth of the space but at least, bring about something that would help with its growth, while removing that bad aspect of it at least to a very good extent, which is why I agree to the word you used as SMART regulation.

Yeah maybe it can help crypto it's really depend on the regulations, by regulated crypto it can can give investors more secure feeling and it can boost it's popularity, but some people invest crypto because of the uniqueness, the decentralized feature could make someone got huge profit, if the regulations make the crypto same with Fiat investment,then some of the investors will quit investing in crypto

Regulations saved the companies in those stock markets, not the stock market itself. The companies that leveraged their positions insanely actually lost a ton of money when the stock market crashed and right after that got saved by the regulations and goverments and they reinvested when the market was crashed and of course the new money coming in fixed a bit of the stock market which took time but the people in those markets actually lost a ton of money. So if cryptocurrency ever gets regulated I am 100% sure that whales will be saved whenever something bad happens and we will be the one thrown under the bus.

with regulation will certainly increase investor confidence. moreover there is legality from government, which will be safer. and it is true that whales will lose space to move. that means market will return to health

I'm not sure why people think regulation on crypto market will be same as regulation in stock exchange. It's completely different environment and what worked in stock exchange may or may not work in crypto market due to high volatility. I don't think whales will just go away. Regulation may give people an illusion of more security.

I tend to think the stock market is over-regulated, though I'm not against having rules enforced by the government per se.  Way back in the early days of the stock market, there used to be pump and dump groups, much like we're seeing in cryptocurrency today--and I don't think that should be allowed.

It's actually surprising to me that the US government at least hasn't already introduced any real legislation regarding crypto.  It's not like the market is extremely small, and there certainly have been abuses in it already.  Usually the government jumps all over anything to do with money and they start introducing laws almost immediately.  It's weird, actually, that they haven't done that with bitcoin.  The only major thing I've seen is that US citizens aren't allowed to participate in ICOs (if I'm understanding the law correctly). 

However, I kind of like the wild west aspect of crypto.  The way it is now is almost a completely free market where buyers and sellers dictate a coin's value, and the exchanges are open 24 hours/day, 7 days/week--unlike the stock market, where you can only trade from 9:30am-4pm Monday-Friday and not on holidays.  Stock exchanges have also been known to close when disaster strikes, like on 9/11/01.  That's not the case with crypto exchanges, and there are far more of them as well.  So all in all, I'd be against much more government interference with crypto. 

The one thing I would like to see is some sort of standard that needs to be met before someone starts up a crypto exchange.  We've seen way too many exchanges scam their customers with excuses like "we got hacked!" and so forth.  One of the reasons I like Coinbase is because it's based in the US and has some oversight from the US government.  They're not likely to pull an exit scam.  An exchange like Yobit, though?  Yeah, good luck using them.  They probably have less than a year left before they either steal all their customers' money or just go out of business when people figure out how scammy they are.

Yes, I also see those regulation may have a good impact inside crypto currency market since it will give investors some security for their funds.

Just to add up, without any regulatory body, this market will remain like a wild west and governments around the world will continue to repress and control the market.

On the other hand, we really don't need institutional investors money to help us grow the ecosystem. We have been doing it or the last 10 years. But if we are looking at the future scene, regulations can somewhat preserve and fix manipulations which will pave for the one thing that we always wanted to see, global adoption.

Its decentralized so how can we expect the things to be regulated by the government and even though crypto is not an investment it is an currency so comparing it with stock market is not fair though but we can regulate the usage of crypto currencies which can built the trust among the users not the investors so the adoption will occur for currency not for investment.

I think everyone is certain to have their own opinions about Cryptocurrency and this regulation I think will be different in each country, of course there are rules that are expected to be better for Cryptocurrency, lots of fake projects regardless of the good name of Cryptocurrency

It is obviously going to be different for most countries, the way they implement it, the way they monitor things, and the way they are so keen about it. This is a global space though, and that would make it a little bit hard to regulate unless the government based on some of the exchanges within their jurisdiction comes up with confiscation of assets for those who end up doing anything illegal on the market, and when it also comes to taxation.

I believe regulation brings normalcy and sanity just as we get to see in the stock market, and even though it may have some of its own little flaws, I believe we are still going to be better with it when it comes to growth.

We all know that when there is no law, there is no sin and as a result of that, there would always be people who would do things greedily without even imagining those who it is affecting and that is totally not something that should be allowed.

We have seen the cryptocurrency space and how some form of manipulations are pretty much easy, but that is because the space does not really have much rule applied to it at the moment, when compared to the likes of stock market that you really would not want to be caught in some activities, otherwise, you get screwed and may even spend most part of your life in jail. If we get to have such in place, it would really bring about a matured space.

Regulations are good and honestly in it's very much needed in the crypto space especially with so much garbage projects being churned out into the space on a daily. It will put a lot under check and scam artists will know fully well what they're getting themselves into, and the long arms of the law waiting for them at the end. Regulations will also instill investors confidence in the market, which to a very large extent is lacking at the moment.

On the flip side, a highly regulated market limits entry and small startups might be disadvantaged from entering, thus impacting on the space advserely, as brilliant ideas will hardly be known due to barriers set up. So basically, a balance will be great on both sides.

Regulations actually weeds out fraud and financial criminal activities in the market making investors comfortable in their investments and not worry that one day someone will make off with their hard earned cash. Now, i just hope that this regulation will be pro crypto currency holders and not anti crypto currency.

   Almost all active investors of Crypto Market are anxious about the issue on regulation by government financial agency, they have fear on the Regulation rule that will be impost on Crypto Market investors? But, i am optimistic on that it will be more beneficial to the crypto investors once this issue is address. lets monitor and remain confident on crypto currency digital transaction, its a decentralized platform, safe and easy to manage, the proof of which, if we look on the EUROPEAN countries, some are now welcoming openly the Crypto transaction.

It could be beneficial to investors because it will give more secure situation to the investors, and people will not hesitate again to used crypto for payment, but that is not suitable with the crypto principle which is decentralisation that eliminate the third party, but I agree with regulation if it can make crypto become better and help a lot of people

Regulations in all human endeavours have always help in establishing a standard of behaviour that is expected of people who are operating in the market. For the stock market, the importance of regulation cannot be understated as we can only imagine what would have happened without such in that with the various up to date regulations, we still have series of immoral activities being perpetuated by people. One unique thing I see that regulation would bring to crypto is that, the confidence that would be built as basic standard of behaviour would be expected and glaring scam activities would be reduced.

Personally, I have never really had any issues with regulation, knowing that we will only be deceiving ourselves to think that regulation is not something that won't happen eventually. We have seen the shape that this market has drifted to with the way things have been without law, a lot of scammers doing whatever they like, manipulations of the highest order in the market, with all these things not being a possibility in the stock market as a result of regulation.

Regulation will not stop anything from thriving as long as it is done well, it will only help improve the space into being a better one. It is obvious most humans need law, otherwise, we just have the ability to not do things right in the absence of law which is always bad.

Well, as much as we can have fear on the regulation rules, we also have to fear the impact that illegal and dubious activities can have on the space negatively, which if something is not done about it, can cause a self-destruction on its own.

I have always known that at some point the space will be regulated if we actually want it to grow more than it is now, as that would make investors have the confidence to put more in the market, knowing that regulation also shows the support of government as well. There is so much that regulation can change if properly done, which I am sure, the governments all over the world, will come to terms on that eventually.

That is always the main essence of regulation actually, as that would help put some policies and rules in place that will not only curb fraudulent activities, but will also curb any unlawful doings, most especially when it comes to market manipulations.

I believe the existence of regulation in the cryptocurrency space will really help a lot with that, and I believe as time goes on, with such in place, the market will grow to become more matured, usable, and give investors assurance that the market is somewhat covered from illegal activities to some huge extent.

While I agree that it's pretty much an inevitability, we don't really have to like it. I know it's going to come with pros but I'd like to delay it for as long as possible. Regulation could easily be the death of Bitcoin's association with freedom.

Either way, the good thing about Bitcoin is that regulation can only really affect its use, not how it works. That gives regulators limited amount of options to mess it up. They can mess with the market, but they can't mess with Bitcoin itself.

Well said, regulation is important for everything that includes money. Whenever money is involved in something, there are huge chances of corruption from any side and anywhere at any level. Better is to make sure things work fine and it would be possible only when government has authority to punish someone on cruel or illegal act. Bitcoin must be regularizing.

Regulations is good and it will bring sanity to the cryptocurrencies market.  Many people have been scam and huge amounts of money lose through icos and this happened because they is no regulatory authority watching over cryptocurrencies market and its investments.  Now should the right time for registration to come in into cryptocurrencies market.

In most cases, without law, a lot of people tend to misbehave a lot and that is something regulation will most definitely end up solving anyway which is why I have always believed that regulation will bring more good to this space than bad.

For most people actually, there is always this mindset that regulation will bring about some control, but in reality, the truth is that human needs control, but even with the control, that does not change the decentralized aspect of the space, that practically helps only when it comes to some activities involving cryptocurrency.

They know the risk about cryptocurrencies especially in ICO's because of no regulations has been made. But still they take the risk and hoping for the better profit.  Some are luckily achieved something but most of them also get unlucky. Probably regulations in cryptocurrencies could be solved because the government continue to make a way on how to solve such issue. There's still a lot of time to investigate on how they were going to do it and who knows in the near future they can find the solution.

In my opinion. maybe it can help for crypto development and make investors feel safer when using this currency. regulation is very important to regulate all circulation of this currency. and it is very possible to make the market conditions better, because currently there is no certainty about regulations so that all trade transactions have no legal reference.

A whole lot of sanity than anyone would imagine I must say!

Sanity when it comes to fraudulent activities, sanity when it comes to market manipulations and so many more. It is just a common thing, in a lawless place, there is practically no sin, but as long as people tend to know that committing a certain offense, there is a repercussion for it, we will get to see more level of trying to caution their selves before even doing anything at all.

The only thing I feel regulation might bring about is the limit of people with lower funds into this space, but time will tell more on that, nonetheless, there is nothing with an advantage without a disadvantage for some, but in extreme case here, there is actually a lot more advantage regulation will bring than not being regulated.

besides that what i think is, with regulation, it will grow investor confidence, because it has protection from the government, so that the development of cryptocurrency will be better