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Regulators worldwide have been working for several years to determine how best to coordinate international crypto regulation. Earlier this month, the European Parliament approved the European Union’s crypto-assets framework, the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), which some observers have said could form a template for other jurisdictions. Even so, each country or region has issues that are area specific, the panelists said.
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