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Global Unification on Cryptocurrency?

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Just this week there was a global forum called G20 and it is made of up 19 countries and the European Union. These 19 countries include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. During the event, the countries discussed cryptocurrency regulations. This could be a step toward international policies on cryptocurrency. Source: Motherboard According to Coindesk , Argentina Central Bank chair Frederico Sturzenegger announced in a press conference that they had set a hard deadline on July. At the deadline, they would know what "data" was needed to work on a policy to regulate cryptocurrency. However, despite Sturzenegger's words, the Brazil Central Bank president Ilan Goldfajn clarified that Brazil would not regulate cryptocurrency. This could pose a threat to regulation due to the anonymity of cryptocurrency as well