Beyond merely encouraging the United States to become the crypto capital of the world, Ripple’s CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, says he wants this to be the final touch before the US turns over this responsibility.
This is just a small step taken by industry leaders, but it shows a common direction of policymakers wanting to provide clear federal laws that regulate the crypto space and prevent enforcement-led oversight.
Regulatory Clarity Awaits
The momentum of regulation and the coincidence of the industry. It all comes down to Congress and regulators who are vying to decide if crypto should be considered a capital, asset, or commodity.
Source: Ripple
After years of enforcement-led oversight, there were no clear federal rules for the crypto space except for the occasional enforcement actions taken by the SEC and other agencies. That’s how we ended up with a very confused regulatory landscape today. In other words, the industry will only be able to reach its full potential once the rules of the game are clear and known to all players.
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Why Crypto Capital Status Matters
Crypto capital status matters because it goes a little further beyond the economy for crypto capital status leadership. Based on the numbers from Chainalysis, the US has been responsible for 22% or more of global on-chain activity year-to-date despite regulatory uncertainty.
Besides, institutional adoption, stablecoin settlement, spot ETF inflows, and developer retention could rise if we establish crypto capital formalization, which will directly affect investors, fund managers, and ecosystems from Ethereum to Solana and XRP Ledger.
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What US policies Will Look Like
Garinghouse’s statement is closely linked to the bigger narrative of a return to manufacturing at home, the so-called ‘reshaping’ trend, in fact. Ripple, Coinbase, and a16z have each expressed their desire to reshape market structures and stablecoin regulation so that large-scale tokenisation becomes feasible.
Source: WSJ
The issues of party disagreements and worries about the financing of illegal activities remain unresolved. If the legislators do the paperwork necessary, the US will become firmly established as the world leader of crypto, and the US will be defining global standards for many years ahead.
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