There’s an Anti-Crypto Bill Floating Around Congress and It’s Gaining Support…

TL;DR

• Elizabeth Warren has simply discovered new assist from 9 senators, for what’s being known as an ‘anti-crypto’ invoice.

• There’s a bunch of stipulations in it, however the sizzling button problem is including Know Your Buyer (KYC) necessities to all crypto wallets (together with self custody).

• Implementing KYC on self custody wallets reads as an virtually unimaginable job. All in all, the entire thing reads as a long run ‘lose/lose’ scenario.

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We’ve got the urge to take a really clear aspect on this second…however we’re going to attempt our greatest to maintain issues balanced.

(Want us luck).

Elizabeth Warren has simply discovered new assist from 9 senators, for what’s being known as an ‘anti-crypto’ invoice.

There’s a bunch of stipulations in it, however the sizzling button problem is including Know Your Buyer (KYC) necessities to all crypto wallets (together with self custody).

What the hell does that imply?

Principally, including proof of id by way of authorities ID to crypto wallets (whether or not they’re managed by an alternate like Coinbase, or a person, like your self).

The actual world equal of this could type of be like the federal government asking to trace how a lot money you carry in your bodily pockets always.

Which might be a large overreach.

However we will additionally see the opposite aspect of this!

There’s solely a lot bodily money you possibly can carry/commerce. However with crypto, you possibly can carry billions of (exhausting to hint) greenback equivalents with you in your pocket.

KYC requirements exist to guard towards fraud, cash laundering and the commerce of harmful/illicit supplies (rhymes with shmrugs and shmeapons).

That stated, we will’t assist however really feel this invoice is doomed to fail, whether or not or not it passes.

Implementing KYC on self custody wallets reads as an virtually unimaginable job.

All it might take is a VPN for customers to skirt the requirement, whereas concurrently limiting the expansion of crypto throughout the US, with a bunch of purple tape.

All in all, the entire thing reads as a long run ‘lose/lose’ scenario.

(For the US financial system, its individuals, and the broader crypto market).