Regulators outside the US have often been more accommodating, and some crowdfunding platforms are already operating. For example, Symbid in the Netherlands and Crowdcube in the United Kingdom were both founded in 2011.
美国之外的监管者常常更加灵活，一些众筹平台已经开始运行。比如，荷兰的Symbid和英国的Crowdcube成立于2011年。但众筹在全球市场上仍然不是主要因素。如果没有充分——并且创新——的金融监管变革，这一状况无法改变。