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Should the government implement stricter regulations on the use of cryptocurrencies?

Crypto technology offers tools like payment, lending, borrowing, and saving to anyone with an internet connection. Proponents argue that stricter regulations would deter criminal use. Opponents argue that stricter crypto regulation would limit financial opportunities to citizens that are denied access to or can't afford the fees associated with traditional banking.

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Response rates from 264 Coquitlam--Port Coquitlam voters.

61%
Yes
39%
No
53%
Yes
35%
No
8%
Yes, the government should screen cryptocurrencies before circulation to ensure legitimate value and exchange rates
2%
No, and citizens should be allowed to protect their savings from reckless fiscal policies or subjugation
0%
Yes, and ban the use of crytocurrencies
2%
No, and underprivileged citizens deserve the same financial opportunities and services that traditional banks offer the wealthy

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 @9RF48S4from Massachusetts  answered…8mos8MO

Crypto, just like art, is for laundering money for doing crime. Unlike art, crypto only has this one purpose

 @9MTKF53from Ontario  answered…10mos10MO

Cryptocurrency can be the future as the rate of it is increasing day by day. So investment in such can be a great prospect for people. The Government can take the initiative to regulate the currency.

 @9TMMVLNfrom Alberta  answered…6mos6MO

personally, I don't think the government should put stricter regulations on cryptocurrencies because investing your own money in them is a personal choice, and the government shouldn't interfere with how you manage your finances.

 @B3K9X78from Ontario  answered…6 days6D

It depends but I think it should be both in the sense of monitoring cryptocurrencies and allowing citizens or anyone to have the opportunity to have better financial standards because of income displacements and laws being passed, so there should be a way to bring structure on both sides of the table.

 @B2VL9PLfrom Ontario  answered…1mo1MO

Like all currency, cryptocurrencies manifest greed, hoarding and violence - exporting suffering and tragedy to the dissident voices within the dominant culture.

 @B2V8SXTfrom Alberta  answered…1mo1MO

They should be monitoring for big, suspicious things and also keeping track of how much this is costing to generate the crypto.

 @B2TJXWJfrom Alberta  answered…1mo1MO

No, only because cryptocurrencies are not seen as 'money' by banks and governments, cannot function the same way that traditional money can, and are altogether on a platform of their own and who knows how long they're going to last.

 @B2R5LFNfrom Ontario  answered…1mo1MO

The government should make laws surrounding this issue because we have no way to criminalize people for crimes of this nature.

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