Rep. McHenry gives progress report on stablecoin legislation, says it’s an ‘u...
The ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee praised the bipartisanship behind the coming bill, but says there are “complex conversations” ahead. Patrick McHenry, ranking member of the United States House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, thinks the “conversation has become unmoored” about financial technology and needs to return to solving real world problems. He is in talks on legislation that may at least bring more clarity to stablecoins.Currently, there is no U.S. federal definition of digital assets or stablecoin, McHenry said, calling the situation....
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Leading Republican House Financial Services Committee members have voiced deep concerns over recent actions taken by the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) that they believe undermine the progress made by Congress in establishing a regulatory framework for payment stablecoin. In a letter addressed to Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, Representative Patrick McHenry, Representative French Hill, and Representative […]
Are stablecoins in the sights of U.S. regulators? The decline of Terra Luna and it’s UST (and correlating LUNA) token earlier this year brought along plenty of fanfare. It’s full damage and implications, however, have clearly yet to be established; a new draft of a U.S. House bill is proposing a two-year ban on stablecoins similar to Terra’s UST stablecoin. UST depegged and caused major ripples throughout defi earlier this year. Let’s look at what the legislation could potentially bring to the market. Stablecoins Under Scrutiny? According to a report from Bloomberg,....
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Representative Patrick McHenry said regulatory clarity for digital assets would be one of his "top priorities" if he became the next chair of the House Financial Services Committee. North Carolina Representative Patrick McHenry may have used his virtual appearance at a cryptocurrency conference as a soapbox for calling for votes in the 2022 United States midterm elections.In a prerecorded message for the attendees of the Converge22 conference in San Francisco on Sept. 29, McHenry suggested that the goal of a “clear regulatory framework” for digital assets could drive U.S. lawmakers to....