Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority CEO: Finance’s AI future moves at the speed of its slowest regulator

The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) CEO highlights the critical role of regulators in shaping AI's impact on finance, emphasizing the need for infrastructure innovation to keep pace with virtual assets' programmable and borderless nature. The article contrasts advanced regulatory technology programs in some jurisdictions with outdated methods in others, noting challenges in compliance and the growing integration of tokenized assets into traditional finance.