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CoinDesk's Regulation Sentiment Survey

CoinDesk wants to hear directly from our readers about where they stand on the topic of bitcoin regulation.

Updated Sep 11, 2021, 11:29 a.m. Published Jan 29, 2015, 6:44 p.m.
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It's no secret that the bitcoin community can be divided when it comes to the topic of regulation – some believe it's necessary to bring bitcoin to the mainstream and others believe that bitcoin was built specifically to circumvent regulation.

To get a better idea of where the industry stands as a whole, CoinDesk wants to hear directly from our readers about how they view bitcoin regulation around the world.

Please take a minute or so to fill out CoinDesk's regulation sentiment survey below:

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