Japan has certainly blazed ahead of the US. The industry’s leading players still want the regulatory uncertainty to be resolved in an important market like the US and the SEC’s approach of wait and see how the market develops is back to front. The SEC will succumb miserably to change.
Asia is very lucky if the blockchain movement occurs, and I see that is a very positive thing.
I think the US might already be too far behind. In Japan Bitcoin is actually legal tender and has been for a while.
Japan has certainly blazed ahead of the US. The industry’s leading players still want the regulatory uncertainty to be resolved in an important market like the US and the SEC’s approach of wait and see how the market develops is back to front. The SEC will succumb miserably to change.