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Decentralised finance calls into question whether the crypto industry can ever be regulated

  • Written by Iwa Salami, Senior Lecturer in Financial Law and Regulation, University of East London
Decentralised finance calls into question whether the crypto industry can ever be regulatedUnregulated currencies and finance are cool in theory - but who is responsible when it goes wrong?stock_photo_world / shutter stock

As stock markets around the world struggle through the pandemic, Bitcoin has seen a steady rise in its price. The cryptocurrency is steadily climbing back towards its all time high of US$20,000 (£15,000) in 2017....