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The White House wants to inaugurate a golden age of cryptocurrency and make the United States the “capital of the cryptographic world” by bringing back regulatory legislation and defending legislation that would extend its accessibility and appeal.
The most revealing characteristic of the radical change of policy of the Trump administration concerning the crypto is the overthrow of several policies implemented by the Biden administration which emphasized a cautious posture which sought to identify and mitigate the risk of cryptocurrencies. It was a position that many in the cryptocurrency industry perceived as suffocating for innovation, leading to the “crypto winter” of the end of 2022. At the heart of the new cryptographic frame of the White House is a complete effort to resolve the persistent regulatory ambiguity which defined the landscape of digital assets of the United States for years.
The TRUMP policy strategy is attacking the reform of the cryptocurrency market by putting pressure on the historic and clear market structure, associated with an immediate mandate for federal regulators to give more clarity to industry.
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A similar thrust to codify the regulation of digital assets is in preparation for the congress. The first of these bills to become right, the law on national innovation law and to establish national innovation for stablescoins, or the engineering law, has established a regulatory framework for stablecoins. In addition to the Genius Act, the Chamber has also recently adopted the law on the clarity of the digital asset market, or Clarity Act, and the anti-CBDC State Act. The Clarity Act would establish a clear regulatory framework for digital assets, mainly by distinguishing cryptocurrencies such as raw materials or titles. Meanwhile, the law on the state of anti-CBDC monitoring would prohibit the federal reserve from publishing a digital currency of the Central Bank without approval from the Congress.
These developments have established a clear regulatory path for stabbed and crypto platforms, inaugurating a new wave of institutional legitimacy and a potentially widespread adoption of digital payments and finances in the United States
The Act on Engineering is the first major regulatory change which could trigger several significant changes in the cryptocurrency industry, although it is limited to the stablecoin regulation.
Stablecoins are a form of tokénized digital money using blockchain technology, digital file holding technology on which Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies count. Their design aims to maintain stable value, generally one by one with conventional fiduciary currencies, most often the US dollar. While Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are volatile and commercial such as speculative assets, stabblecoins are mainly used for payments, funding and liquidity in trading and crypto loan platforms.
So far, the demand for stablecoins has been largely confined to the cryptographic industry. The requirement of the engineering law for 100% support for stabbed with high quality assets should create a new substantial source of demand for American treasure titles and other safe assets. However, the magnitude of this request will depend on the speed and the large and largely stablecoins outside the cryptography industry.
Stablecoins offer traders and consumers potential incentives on traditional money. Merchants could benefit from greater efficiency for paying payment, in particular for cross -border transactions. For consumers, Stablecoins work mainly as an interest-free value store that applies to store gift cards. Although there are potential advantages to unlock by merchants of reward programs for the use of stablecoins, similar programs for gift cards or credit payments are already available for consumers, so for the moment, consumers may not see a clear advantage to move to stable for payments.
Stablecoins could also present risks for banks, mainly as a new form of competition. Stablecoins will likely become direct competitors to other financial products such as bank deposits and government money markets. Banks, however, seem to be aware of this potential problem and many are working to launch their own stablecoins.
The creation of a regulatory framework helps to move the digital assets of the fringes of the financial markets in the dominant current. This change will attract new investors and probably accelerate the growth of industry. That said, the lack of understanding remains the main reason why most people do not hold crypto. Most people still do not feel well informed about trading or use it.
Confidence is another big obstacle for the generalized adoption of the crypto, with many people always skeptical about an industry which was in the prey at the beginning by large -scale scams, fraud and stolen funds. As the property of cryptocurrencies becomes more common, it is also important to remember that many risks remain and that fraud remains a big problem in industry.
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