India’s finance minister lauds DLT, says crypto regulation does not mean technology control

India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in commending the potential of distributed ledger technology (DLT), has urged for a global consensus in regulating crypto while emphasizing that regulation did not equate to government control over the technology.

• 2023-04-24
• distributed ledger technology Nirmala Sitharaman DLT crypto India technology finance minister

Former Belgian Finance Minister Calls for Crypto Ban in Wake of Banking Crisis

Johan van Overtveldt, economic spokesperson for the right-wing ECR political party in the European Parliament, compared crypto to drugs.

• 2023-03-17
• Johan Van Overtveldt European Parliament Silicon Valley Bank Van Overtveldt finance minister Swiss National Bank