'Time is not on our side' to provide regulatory clarity on crypto, says US la...

'Time is not on our side' to provide regulatory clarity on crypto, says US la...

"We’ve got to move, pick a regulator, and give the market the certainty and guardrails it deserves," said House Representative Josh Gottheimer. New Jersey Representative Josh Gottheimer said that United States lawmakers needed to pass legislation clarifying regulators’ role over crypto or risk companies taking their business abroad.Following a roundtable discussion on Sept. 27 with Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Rostin Behnam and many industry leaders, Gottheimer said some of the crypto bills proposed by members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate were “building....


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