A joint hearing of congressional committees today is meant to get the ball rolling on crypto legislation, but one Democrat – RepStephenLynch – may have other ideas. jesseahamilton reports
of the two most crypto-relevant committees in the U.S. House of Representatives was called to work out the best legislative approach to digital assets, but one of the top Democrats questioned whether Congress should be writing a bill at all.
“I’m worried that erecting a new law could be viewed as a light touch,” Lynch said in his opening remarks, and it could encourage other sectors to move their own financial products into the digital-assets space. “Creating a separate regulatory regime through legislation is not the answer.”
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