Док финансијски authorities around the world are looking for opportunities to control the сектор криптовалута, a United States Senate committee is planning to propose a bill that would place digital assets like Bitcoin (BTC) и Етхереум (ETH) under the jurisdiction of a regulator for роба.
Indeed, the bill, developed by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman and Michigan Democrat Debbie Stabenow and Arkansas Republican Senator John Boozman, would give the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (ЦФТЦ) regulatory control over spot markets for the newly defined ‘digital commodities,’ as per a извештај by Валл Стреет Јоурнал августа КСНУМКС.
Notably, the CTFC currently only has oversight over derivatives like свопови фјучерси but not underlying commodities.
Benefits of CTFC controlling crypto
Adding crypto to an agency’s scope would grant it more funding, influence, and job positions for former government officials. Furthermore, congressmen belonging to commissions supervising such agencies would gain more lobbyists and campaign donations, Kiernan writes.
In terms of advantages for the crypto industry, крипто трговац and analyst Josh Rager reflected on the announcement in a цвркут stating that the bill would be “буллисх for crypto, especially with Ether being included as commodity.”
Source: https://finbold.com/u-s-senators-seek-to-grant-cftc-control-over-crypto-regulation/