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The Pomp Podcast

#1245 Patrick Lowry on Why European Regulators Love Bitcoin

Sep 20, 2023
52:20
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Patrick Lowry, CEO of Samara Asset Group, discusses the differences between EU and US crypto regulation, the importance of crypto ETFs, accredited investor laws, their bitcoin thesis, and bringing traditional investment strategies into the crypto world.
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  • The European Union has been more open-minded and willing to embrace crypto and decentralized marketplaces, while the United States has been slower and more skeptical.
  • Bitcoin has the potential to become a global ledger system and capital market platform if assets like equities and derivatives are tokenized on the Bitcoin network.

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The Difference in Cryptocurrency Regulation between the EU and the US

The podcast explores the contrasting approaches to cryptocurrency regulation between the European Union (EU) and the United States. While the EU has been more open-minded and willing to embrace crypto and decentralized marketplaces, the US has been slower and more skeptical. The EU has been actively working on legislation to adopt and regulate crypto and tokenization, with Germany and other European countries leading the way. On the other hand, the US has been more resistant, with regulators being perceived as weaponizing regulations against the crypto economy. However, a shift in US administration could potentially change the regulatory landscape and allow the US to catch up.

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