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"Clear pathways" is the phrase G20 members settled on to describe their collective approach to digital asset innovation, in a statement issued under the United States' presidency.
The bloc formally recognized that digital assets could support "broad-based economic growth" and called for improvements in cross-border transactions. The language matters more than its brevity suggests.
Multilateral communiques use framing deliberately.
"Pathways" implies active construction rather than passive observation, and the pairing with "broad-based economic growth" connects the asset class to the development outcomes the G20 has long held as its institutional mandate.
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