Ex Bitcoin Foundation Outreach Person Monica Monaco and her regulatory antics exposed in leaked e-mails. Is EU digital currency regulation being driven by Bitcoin insider lobbying?
Cointelegraph gained access to certain emails sent out by Monica Monaco of TrustEUAffairs, which claims to operate in the regulatory affairs consultancy services arena.
We are now releasing excerpts into the public domain to showcase how certain parties are working closely together with The European Union (EU) amid a backdrop of terrorist attacks to bring forth increased regulation.
Before we released this article we sent out some questions to various Members of the European Parliament and got no response. Wheeling and dealing in Brussels
The purpose of this article is to showcase the close nexus between BitcoinCT r: 8 insiders and legislators in Brussels and how a very few people are driving policy on virtual currencies, which may affect a whole emerging technology and several of us.
Legislation is often the result of wheeling and dealing and lobbying is certainly something that is a time-honoured tradition. The European Parliament based in Brussels is certainly not immune to it either. It is in fact considered a positive activity by the EU’s own publications . “The main criticism of the current situation regarding lobbying is the lack of transparency. Meanwhile lobbying is considered a positive element by EU policy-makers insofar as it ensures the participation of social and economic actors in the policy-making process and provides useful information.” So when you read this article, this is no way a critique of either lobbying or lobbyists but more so an exposure of the shady backroom dealings of certain people who have formed themselves into workgroups and are exerting pressure in order to gain legitimacy in the eyes of traditional bankers and financial services providers. Bitcoin insiders team up to […]
