# Professor David Yermack is quoted in a story about cryptocurrency regulation

1 Faculty News September 20, 2018 ![MarketWatch logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/marketwatch%20logo.jpg?itok=pHUVfozf)>

Excerpt from [MarketWatch](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-the-piecemeal-approach-to-crypto-oversight-creating-regulatory-arbitrage-2018-09-20) -- "'It would be good for the government to take a unified approach to regulating crypto assets, but given the byzantine structure of our financial regulation, I would not expect miracles,' said Yermack."

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