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White House Reveals Framework for Responsible Digital Asset Development
The White House has unveiled its digital asset development framework, outlining the benefits and risks of cryptocurrency in the United States.
It presents key priorities and specific measures that the administration will use to guide its management of the industry.
The White House Plan for Crypto
The framework presented on Friday is a follow-up to President Biden’s crypto executive order (EO) in March. The EO called on various government agencies to conduct research into how to develop a framework around digital assets to meet certain policy objectives.
These objectives included consumer protection, financial stability, countering illicit finance, promoting U.S. economic leadership, financial inclusion, and responsible innovation.
“Digital assets pose meaningful risks for consumers, investors, and businesses,” the report stated regarding the first priority. Besides price volatility, the report found that crypto assets frequently possess disclosure and transparency problems that can harm investors.
In response, the report called for “aggressive” enforcement action from both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The Financial Literacy Education Commission (FLEC) has also been tasked with leading public awareness efforts about fraudulent industry practices.
To promote financial stability, the White House tasked the Treasury with identifying strategic risks related to the digital asset market. It will collaborate with other agencies, U.S. allies, and international organizations such as the Financial Stability Board (FSB).
On the more optimistic front for the industry, the U.S. will also foster private sector innovation for digital assets. This includes tasking the Treasury and other regulators with providing regulatory guidance to U.S. firms working on new financial technologies.
Other departments will conduct research and set standards to allow the industry to flourish while mitigating its environmental impact:
“Powering crypto-assets can take a large amount of electricity—which can emit greenhouse gases, strain electricity grids, and harm some local communities with noise and water pollution,” warned the report.
The guidance reiterates that within the White House’s latest report on digital asset mining and the climate. In the paper, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) recommended banning Bitcoin mining if setting policy standards proved ineffective.
Illicit Finance and CBDCs
To combat illicit finance in the blockchain ecosystem, the President will consider calling upon congress to modify the Bank Secrecy Act. The act, and other laws, may need to be amended to apply specifically to digital asset service providers like crypto exchanges and NFT platforms.
“Treasury will complete an illicit finance risk assessment on decentralized finance by the end of February 2023 and an assessment on non-fungible tokens by July 2023,” it added.
Finally, the report included some commentary on a potential U.S. CBDC, in which the White House concluded that one could include various benefits. “A potential U.S. CBDC could help preserve U.S. global financial leadership, and support the effectiveness of sanctions,” it noted.
As such, the Administration developed policy objectives for a U.S. CBDC system, including consumer protection, promoting economic growth, and respecting human rights.
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