Senate Banking Committee member Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) said Monday that he intends to take up digital currency regulation and payments system reform if he becomes the committee’s next chairman.
- “There’s very exciting things happening in technology, fintech, payment systems, the possibility of a digital currency – all of these things are really important and exciting changes and they’re going to require some new legislation, some new regulation,” Toomey said.
- Toomey is the likely pick for the Banking committee chairmanship if Republicans maintain control of the chamber this November.
- A former Wall Street banker and longtime proponent of deregulation, Toomey has praised blockchain in the past. He once said the government shouldn’t “strangle this baby in its crib.”
- The two-term senator also disclosed Monday he will not seek reelection in highly competitive Pennsylvania in 2022.
https://www.coindesk.com/us-senator-toomey-highlights-digital-currency-regs-as-he-eyes-banking-panel-chairmanship
