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McHenry and Thompson attempt to sidestep the Howey Test entirely. Their bill would create a new asset class called “digital assets.” Digital assets can come in many forms, but two particularly important ones are “digital commodities” and “restricted digital assets.” In short, the legislation provides that crypto tokens will either
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied The United States House Financial Services Committee, led by Representative Patrick McHenry, has unveiled the third draft of the stablecoin bill. Scheduled for discussion within the House committee on June 13, this potential legislation could mark
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The United States House Financial Services Committee has released the third draft of the stablecoin bill presented by its chair, Representative Patrick McHenry. The latest draft of the bill is bipartisan and includes specific proposals from Republican and Democratic committee members. The draft bill titled, The Future of Digital Assets: Providing
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The panel’s chairman, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), has considered stablecoin legislation a priority since last year, before he took over the committee. When he won the gavel, he continued the work, though Democrats had complained that Republicans were re-writing the bill without their input. They later released their own version.
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Amid recent lawsuits by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and Coinbase, the House Agriculture Committee convened a hearing to discuss the regulation of cryptocurrency spot markets. In the wake of lawsuits filed
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If there were ever such a thing as an all-star lineup of regulators, the United States House of Representatives Agricultural Committee’s June 6 hearing on digital asset regulation would probably hold the record. The current chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Rostin Behnam was joined by a former
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But as a product of negotiations between Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), the chair of the financial panel, and Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.), the chair of the agriculture committee, this bill doesn’t yet represent the needed input from their Democratic counterparts. It’s a “discussion draft” meant to start the conversation,
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The distinction is important because today, unlike the initial coin offerings (ICOs) of the past, many development teams that are interested in launching a token in the U.S. raise funds in SEC-compliant securities offerings using Regulation D (Reg D) offerings, an exemption from SEC registration typically associated with a public
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Barney Frank, a former member of the United States House of Representatives and board member of Signature Bank, has pointed fingers at certain members of the public in the wake of the bank’s collapse.In a May 30 hearing before the New York State Senate, Frank said he had “no mea
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