U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna, representing California’s seventeenth congressional district, is about to host a Bitcoin and blockchain roundtable in Washington D.C. in early July, in keeping with a personal e-mail despatched by Khanna’s Workplace, seen by Bitcoin Journal.
Khanna’s Workplace described the upcoming assembly as “essentially the most important assembly between policymakers and innovation leaders in blockchain so far.”
The roundtable is anticipated to characteristic officers from the Biden Administration, Home, and Senate, alongside American businessman Mark Cuban, in keeping with the e-mail. The first goal of this assembly is to strategize on methods to “preserve Bitcoin and blockchain innovation in the US.”
This initiative is seen as a response to former President Donald Trump’s latest endorsements of the Bitcoin business. Trump has not too long ago turn out to be the primary President to just accept Bitcoin Lightning funds for marketing campaign donations.
Final night time, Trump pledged to “finish Joe Biden’s conflict on crypto” and be sure that the way forward for Bitcoin and crypto can be made in America. Earlier this week, Trump additionally hosted a roundtable in Mar-a-Lago with a few of the nation’s largest Bitcoin miners, and dedicated to assist Bitcoin mining each in Washington D.C. and on the worldwide stage.
For the previous 4 years, the Biden Administration has taken a hostile stance towards the Bitcoin and crypto business. Just lately, on Could 31, President Biden vetoed laws that might have allowed extremely regulated monetary establishments to custody Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.
The Division of Justice (DOJ) has additionally arrested the founders and CEO of the Samourai pockets, a well-liked Bitcoin mixing service, on expenses of cash laundering, in April of this yr.
In Could 2023, Biden in contrast crypto merchants to “rich tax evaders” and, in March, his administration revealed an financial report extremely important of Bitcoin and Proof of Work mining whereas selling a Central Financial institution Digital Forex (CBDC). The Biden Administration has additionally proposed a 30% tax on electrical energy used for Bitcoin mining, arguing that it hinders the transition to a low-emission vitality future.
This upcoming roundtable indicators a shift in Washington’s strategy to the crypto business, and will symbolize a warming of sentiment amongst democrats, given Khanna’s get together affiliation.
Earlier this week, it was reported that the Biden Administration is in talks to just accept crypto donations via Coinbase Commerce, following Trump who additionally began accepted donations via Coinbase as properly.
