Washington Needs A Process For…Crypto Policy

Technology, in all of if its many forms, is a tool to implement policy, not a substitute for it. Before a technology can be chosen to implement a policy, the policy or, at the very least, the underlying objective must be identified. Using the example of the struggle of the United States to formulate a coherent national approach toward cryptocurrency, this article suggests that the technology in need of updating is the nation’s core governing charter — i.e. the Constitution.

By Tom Brown ¹

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