Goldman Sachs CEO Sees Big Evolution in Bitcoin and Crypto Regulations
On 4/7/21 at 1:37 PM EDT
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon foresees a big evolution in how the U.S. government regulates Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
He said the New York investment bank s clients want to participate in the Bitcoin market, but current regulations are unclear.
David Solomon, CEO, Goldman Sachs
Paul Morigi / Getty Images for Fortune We continue to think about digital currency and the digitization of money in a very proactive way, Solomon told CNBC. And in that context, we are engaged with our clients and we look at all this though through the centricity of what do our clients need?
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