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Coinbase CEO Armstrong Calls Accredited-Investor Rules a 'Regressive Tax'

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong called Monday for an overhaul of the U.S. accredited-investor framework, arguing that wealth-based gatekeeping concentrates private-market gains among the already wealthy. He proposed replacing the net worth and income test with a financial literacy exam, or removing the requirement entirely.
Coinbase CEO Armstrong Calls Accredited-Investor Rules a 'Regressive Tax'

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong called Monday for an overhaul of the U.S. accredited-investor framework, arguing that wealth-based gatekeeping concentrates private-market gains among the already wealthy. He proposed replacing the net worth and income test with a financial literacy exam, or removing the requirement entirely.

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