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Chris Berg

August 2022

US Treasury hits all users of Tornado Cash encryption software.

Why a US crypto crackdown threatens all digital commerce

If US authorities had got their way on encryption, digital shopping would never have existed. That’s what makes the crackdown on Tornado Cash such a worry.

February 2021

Financial innovation needs new laws to go with it.

Financial rules for the algorithm age

Brilliant autonomous financial technologies are coming. But they will be a nightmare for regulators without changes of the law.

April 2020

Rules have been relaxed to allow shuttered restaurants to serve takeaway food and alcohol.

This silent deregulation must become a pillar of recovery

The government has hurriedly dumped a large number of costly business rules. Why would we now want to bring them back?

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