Joey Garcia | Source | Director and Head of Public Affairs, Policy, Regulatory Affairs at Xapo Bank
Joey Garcia
Joey is considered as one of the pioneers for the regulation in of the virtual currency and distributed ledger technology space. He was recognized by Chambers&Partners as one of the top 12 lawyers in the world in this space in the first ever Global ranking in 2018, and co-chaired the Government’s working group on Blockchain for 3 years which was specifically established to develop the infrastructure to accommodate a specific DLT regulatory framework in Gibraltar.
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Xapo Bank (https://www.xapobank.com/)
Director and Head of Public Affairs, Policy, Regulatory Affairs
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The crypto exchange graveyard and why regulation is essential - Xapo Bank
An unprecedented amount of cryptocurrency exchanges have collapsed to form an 'exchange graveyard'. One of the world's three cryptocurrency regulatory officers unpacks this phenomenon...
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Users obviously don’t tend to do due diligence on exchanges, and generally follow trends, but that creates its own issues. Looking at things like the proof of reserves of an exchange is not enough if you can’t see the liabilities of the exchange recorded against those assets. Understanding that there are basically no principles or law in most of the world that relate to the integrity of the markets created by a crypto exchange is something that people need to understand. They should be aware that there are safer alternatives available.
