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Blockchain requires cross-border cooperation among antitrust agencies, top Indian official says

By Freny Patel
  • 05 Sep 2021 22:54
  • 06 Sep 2021 03:03
The transnational and decentralized nature of blockchain technology requires competition agencies in different jurisdictions to work together, a senior official of India’s antitrust authority said on Friday.
Speaking at a webinar* on blockchain and cryptocurrency, Mukul Sharma said that because blockchains “may be spread across geographies” they demanded “international cooperation

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Freny Patel

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Freny has been covering antitrust law, M&A and regulations for over a decade, serving as Asia editor at Policy and Regulatory Report. Prior to joining as an editor at Mergermarket, she headed the banking bureau of a leading Indian financial daily, Business Standard. When India privatized the insurance sector, she had her own column in The Observer.

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