Opinion by: District Freedman, Chief Operating Officer, Cygman
Since Canadian federal ElectionThere is little clarity on where this country is going with digital asset innovation. Crypto regulation and policy did not make it in the campaign platforms of any parties. This is an opportunity for a lapse at a time when Canada needs sharp action about whether he wants to be a competitor at this place or just an audience.
Early phase investment is already showing signs of stress.
Recently, the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) report shows that during Q1 2025, Canadian CID deals have been dropped in the misery of epidemic. Canada’s risks do not embrace equipment to unlock global trade and innovation without changes in any approach. This is vice versa with American, European and Asian Courts, where regulatory regulators are working decisively to provide regulatory clarity and provide D-block to the industry.
recently Appointment Ivan Solomon, as a minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation, has no clear relationship for the subject as a former news anchor, can help accelerate that development, but only if liberals take a comprehensive approach that enables to manufacture businesses with modern techniques such as blockchain. The Canadian government should focus on certain major priority areas.
Plug Canada’s brain drain
Even though Canada has an external advantage with top-level institutions like the Vector Institute (AI) in Toronto, institutes for quantum computing in Waterloo and MILA (AI), technical businesses are increasingly mobile and choose to work anywhere but canada. Canada has lots to offer scientific researchers – those who want to commercialize enterprises struggle with lack of capital and luxurious tax regime. Talent Trunk Graduation is more, with more than two-thirds of the graduate leaving Canada to the Software Engineering Bachelor of Bachelor.
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Canada needs to be creative with a task force that can work from anywhere. Many tax incentives can help. Portugal provides tax relief to young and foreign professionals in high-value areas including technology and engineering. It is time to detect bold, targeted policies to keep digital talents anchored. Canada should punish people taking economic risk and start celebrating entrepreneurs. Canadian people need a low increase in capital gains Taxes And small trade sales discounts and more relief like Canadian entrepreneurs Incentive,
Canada and Stabelin
Stablecoins are one of the most promising devices to emerge from crypto. They make easy payments as email, financial transactions programable and provide easy market access to major fiat currencies. StableCoins enable businesses to send global payments immediately at a fraction of the cost of a traditional bank wire.
Nevertheless, regulators are against this technique, which restraint cannadians’ access to stablecoins. This also gave an opportunity to miss the Canadian dollar-Dilominated Stabeloin to open Canadian dollars in the new global markets. Provincial policies are inconsistent, Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have wrongly classified Stabelcoins As securities, and federal leadership is absent. If other courts have discovered how to regulate these assets without killing them, then Canada can also be done. Canada has long been a pioneer in financial services and payments, but restricting this technique is poor for Canadian dollars and Canadian people.
Banking for Crypto Businesses
Canadian businesses are doing anything related to crypto, even where anti-mani laundering (AML) is remote, still struggles to reach basic banking such as deposited accounts, credit cards and payment services. Financial institutions in other G7 countries are subject to AML rules similar to Canadian banks, finding ways to de-raise blockchain and crypto businesses. It is time for Canadian banks to do the same.
New financial services in payment, lending and cash flow management are launching elsewhere, but the frugality of Canadian regulators and lack of political are catching us back.
The last liberal government towards Crypto was from indifferent to disdain. Will it be different now?
Opinion by: Jillian Freedman, Chief Operating Officer, Cygillary.
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