How crypto is regulated (or not) around the world
In the past decade, as the use of cryptocurrency has picked up and its market value has soared past $3 trillion, governments have been struggling to regulate the technologically novel and financially volatile industry.
Across jurisdictions, authorities have been tasked with protecting consumers and safeguarding financial systems, often while still supporting innovation.
The result? A global patchwork of policies that range from total bans to full legal embraces, with many countries stuck in the middle.
Cryptocurrency is mostly legal in 45 nations, partially banned in 20 and generally banned in 10, according to the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based, nonpartisan think tank, which analyzed crypto regulation in 75…
