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Global securities standard setter IOSCO proposes crypto regulation framework

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Today the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCOpublished its proposed standard for crypto regulation. It started a consultation that will be accessible to the public until the end of July.

The standard makes 18 recommendations for crypto-assets across six categories, including stablecoins. The first recommendation is that crypto regulations achieve the same or consistent outcomes as traditional market regulations.

IOSCO wants to “encourage optimal consistency in the way cryptoasset markets and securities markets are regulated within individual IOSCO jurisdictions, in accordance with the principle of ‘same activities, same risks, same regulatory outcomes’.'”

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