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US Lawmakers Create ‘Congress’ First Ever’ Digital Assets Subcommittee

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US Lawmakers Create "Congress" First Ever" Digital Assets Subcommittee


U.S. Congress’ “first ever” subcommittee on digital assets has been created as part of the House Financial Services Committee. “We want to create a regulatory legal framework for digital assets … that makes America a leader from an innovation point of view but also protects consumers and investors,” explained Congressman French Hill, who will lead the digital asset subcommittee. US Lawmakers Form ‘Congress’ First Ever Digital Assets Subcommittee’


The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services has created a subcommittee on “Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion.” Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, commented: I’m proud to announce Congressman French Hill as the chairman of Congress’ first ever Digital Assets Subcommittee and vice chair of the full Committee.


The tasks of the new subcommittee include “Providing clear rules of the road among federal regulators for the digital asset ecosystem, developing policies that promote financial technology to reach underserved communities, [and] identifying best practices and policies that continue to strengthen diversity and inclusion in the digital asset ecosystem,” the House Financial Services Committee explained.


McHenry believes that Congressman Hill (R-AR), a former community banker and U.S. Treasury official, has the necessary experience and expertise to tackle this undertaking. “There is no one I trust more with one of my top priorities,” he emphasized.


“I look forward to working with him to provide clear rules of the road for this ecosystem that protect consumers, while allowing innovation to thrive here in the U.S.,” McHenry added, noting: Fintech — particularly digital assets — holds immense promise as a tool to build a more inclusive financial system.


“Digital assets are something that need oversight and need consumer protection and need the right framework,” Hill detailed on CNBC in reply to a question about whether cryptocurrency should be legal in the U.S. or whether it is a Ponzi scheme.


“We want innovation for fintech and the use of blockchain to be available in the United States,” he continued, elaborating: We want to have the U.S. to be a leader so we want to create a regulatory legal framework for digital assets, including digital payments, that makes America a leader from an innovation point of view but also protects consumers and investors.


In a statement issued Thursday, Hill said: “I am delighted that in the 118th Congress, I will serve in the pioneering role of the chairman of the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion of the House Financial Services Committee.” Tags in this story congress crypto, Congress subcommittee digital assets, crypto subcommittee, cryptocurrency subcommittee, digital asset subcommittee, French Hill digital assets, Patrick McHenry digital assets, US lawmakers subcommittee


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