Congressman Hill to 'make sure' US is the place for blockchain innovation
The chairman of the newly formed U.S. congressional subcommittee on digital assets has pledged for progressive crypto regulations to ensure that "America is the place for innovation in fintech and blockchain."
Speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Jan. 26, Congressman French Hill offered some of his first insights into what is anticipated for crypto regulations in the country.
The Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion, which is chaired by Hill, was put together on Jan. 12 with the remit of “identifying best practices and policies that continue to strengthen diversity and inclusion in the digital asset ecosystem.”
During the interview, Hill said that Bitcoin (BTC) was not quite ready to be a real-time payments industry yet, but added that “we want to make sure that America is the place for innovation in fintech and blockchain is part of that future.”
We want to make sure that America is the place for innovation in FinTech and blockchain and distributed ledger technology is part of that FinTech future.This morning, I joined @SquawkCNBC to discuss crypto and Financial Technology.My interview, below:https://t.co/TDztq1muhX
When asked about the possibility of a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), Hill commented that the new subcommittee also wants to explore this possibility.
The SEC has repeatedly rejected applications for a spot Bitcoin ETF, including one by the world’s largest crypto asset manager, Grayscale.
Other areas of the subcommittee's focus will be related to federal privacy law, a stablecoin bill and the ramifications for the securities market, while working with the Senate on the commodity aspect of the crypto industry.
He said crypto trading and exchanges would need to
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