LONDON: The European Union should hold off for now from regulating blockchain, the technology that underpins the virtual currency bitcoin, EU lawmakers are set to agree on Tuesday in the latest example of a softly-softly approach by authorities.
"We don't want pre-emptive regulation, but we do want precautionary monitoring," Jakob von Weizsaecker, a German centre-left member of the European Parliament, told Reuters.
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