IMF’s Christine Lagarde Seeks to Achieve “Clear-Eyed” Cryptocurrency Regulation

With so many countries focusing on Bitcoin regulation these days, one wouldn’t necessarily expect to see things evolve in a positive direction. As of right now, most of Europe still remains on the fence about regulating this new form of money, although some progress has been made. Surprisingly, Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund would much rather see an even-handed approach in this regard. That’s a positive sign for this nascent industry. Christine Lagarde Remains Pro-Cryptocurrency Over the past few months, it has become more than apparent that the IMF has nothing against Bitcoin and similar currencies. That remains a rather surprising attitude to this