Matthew White, the CEO of Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory
Authority (VARA), has voiced intentions to alleviate regulatory pressures on
smaller cryptocurrency entities. Speaking at a regulatory panel during the
Paris Blockchain Week, White acknowledged the imperfections in current crypto
regulations and emphasized the need for improvements, particularly to support
smaller players in the industry.
White highlighted the significant financial strain
associated with regulatory compliance, particularly for smaller businesses
lacking adequate resources. He expressed VARA’s focus on exploring
solutions to mitigate these challenges, aiming to create a regulatory
environment that accommodates all participants.
Among the proposed measures is a concept where larger
players in the crypto space could provide support to smaller entities by
shouldering a portion of their compliance costs. This model would allow smaller
businesses to enter the regulated ecosystem without facing prohibitive
compliance expenses.
“The cost of compliance is borne by the larger systemic
players, and this allows the smaller players to come into the ecosystem, be
regulated, but also not have to suffer the same sort of level of costs of
compliance that we’ve got,” explained White.
Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA) is exploring ways to ease the regulatory cost burden…