The White House’s digital asset task force calls on regulators to clarify crypto trading rules and accelerate innovation, as a major crypto bill becomes law and two more head to the Senate.
US President Donald Trump’s crypto working group has reportedly urged federal regulators to clarify trading rules for digital assets as part of a broader effort to ease the adoption of new financial products, highlighting the White House’s increasing focus on the blockchain economy following the passage of three separate crypto bills earlier this month.
The policy proposals were introduced by the White House’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets, which was established by executive order in January and is led by David Sacks.
Among the recommendations were calls for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to “immediately enable the trading of digital assets at the federal level” by clarifying rules around custody, trading, registration and record keeping.
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