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U.S. Senators Propose First Comprehensive Regulation for Digital Assets
June 9, 2022Earlier this week, U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) introduced the first comprehensive legislation to establish a regulatory framework for digital assets to promote innovation, delineate regulatory jurisdiction, provide customer protection, ensure transparency and integrate digital assets into the existing regulatory regimes (the Responsible Financial Innovation Act, or the “RFI”). Many of the principles laid out in the RFI were first articulated in President Biden’s March 3, 2022 Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets.
