From: Coin Desk
In this CoinDesk 2016 in Review special feature, CoinDesk contributor Frederick Reese gives an overview of regulatory developments that shaped the year that was, and that look to be setting the stage for 2017.
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From the Federal Reserve’s declaration of interest to Illinois’s embrace of distributed ledgers, this year saw US governments take big steps in evolving their thinking on financial tech.
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In this end-of-the-year review, we’ll look into the ways government policy has changed toward blockchain in 2016 and explore what we might be able to expect in the new year.
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