Will New Anti-Terrorism Rules Help Israeli Crypto Startups? A Global Regulatory Roundup

The state of crypto regulatory news from India to Russia to Brazil.

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On today’s episode, NLW does a whistle-stop tour of global crypto regulatory news, including:

India – set to ban crypto as payment but regulated as asset?
Israel – might new AML rules make it easier for banks to work with crypto providers?
Sweden – disagreement on mining politics
Russia – a new source of global power?
Indonesia – is bitcoin haram?
As well as news from Peru, the U.K. and Brazil

“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Michele Musso & Adrian Blust, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Dark Crazed Cap” by Isaac Joel. Image credit: btgbtg/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk.

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Nathaniel Whittemore

NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.