Then came the implosion of the FTX exchange, the crash of cryptocurrency prices and the bracing cold of crypto winter. The onslaught of negative news had a real impact. FTX and other failures had a “chilling effect” on Congress’ appetite to draft policy, says Lummis, but she remains confident legislators will get something done in this session of Congress.
Will it work? Does it have a chance to get signed into law? In an exclusive Zoom interview with CoinDesk, Lummis explains what draws her to cryptocurrency, argues why the industry needs a regulatory framework ASAP and drops some tantalizing clues as to what we can expect from her legislation.
So there we were in Cancun, and I never went out on the beach. We were in a windowless conference room and I was just learning about this technology and became fascinated by it.Well, it's permissionless. I don't have to trust other people to hold my money. I think it's a great store of value. The fact that it is mined is a concept that, coming from Wyoming, is very familiar to me. Wyoming is a mining state. We understand the value of things that are stored in the ground.
We're going to reintroduce it in April, probably mid-April. It'll be lighter and meatier. We’re shoring up some of the definitions, for example, that the [Securities and Exchange Commission] wasn't crazy about. That's the purpose of a stablecoin. And so, we're hopeful that our approach will be well understood and make sense to our colleagues. We nearly had a stablecoin bill put together in the last Congress, but we just ran out of time and runway to get it done.
I remain optimistic. And I couldn't agree more that FTX and some other colossal failures last year had a chilling effect on Congress' appetite to engage in policy regarding cryptocurrency.Simply because Senator Gillibrand and I remain committed to this. We're working with both the chair of the House Financial Services Committee, [Rep. Patrick] McHenry )R-N.C.], as well as French Hill [R-Ark.], who is heading the subcommittee on crypto on the House side.
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