U.S. regulators like the SEC and CFTC have always engaged in an “arms race” to reign in the cryptocurrency industry. However, the multi-billion-dollar collapse of crypto exchange FTX has triggered a particularly “tough” wave of crypto regulatory crackdowns, including those on prominent crypto exchanges like Kraken and Coinbase, Weinstein told CoinDesk.
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/04/28/opportunism-and-demagoguery-fuels-the-us-regulatory-crackdown-steptoe-partner-says/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines