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Bitcoin Intermediaries

Fintech Beat, ep. 37

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 24: A visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin on October 24, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

By Micaela Rodríguez and Chris Brummer

Posted January 28, 2020 at 5:00am

Bitcoin’s decentralized infrastructure has led to unprecedented questions about not only whether to regulate it, but also what, if anything, to regulate. Fintech Beat sits down with one of the world’s leading experts on Bitcoin law to learn about how nodes and mining pools power the ecosystem, and how they may one day be viewed as focal points of regulatory supervision.

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