USengameli uCynthia Lummis waseWyoming uzwakalise ukugxeka okunamandla ngokuphathwa kwe-SEC yokulawulwa kwe-cryptocurrency, ebiza imithetho ecacile esikhundleni sezenzo zokuphoqelela. Engxoxweni yakamuva ye-CNBC, uLummis uhlose uSihlalo we-SEC uGary Gensler ngokuthembela ekuphoqelelweni, akholelwa ukuthi kucindezela izinto ezintsha embonini ye-crypto yase-US. Uxwayise ngokuthi ngaphandle kwemigomo ecacile, i-US ingase iwele ngemuva kwezinye izimakethe ezifana ne-EU, esivele isebenzise imithetho ephelele ye-crypto.
ULummis uthi i-Bitcoin ne-Ethereum kufanele iphathwe njengezimpahla ngaphansi kokubhekwa kwe-Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) kunokuba izibambiso ngaphansi kwe-SEC. Kanye noSenator Kirsten Gillibrand, uLummis uphakamise umthetho wokunika amandla imithetho ye-CFTC nokuguqula, ikakhulukazi ngokubiza ukuchithwa kwe-SAB 121, akholelwa ukuthi ithwalisa ngokungafanele umkhakha we-crypto.
Naphezu kwalokhu kugxekwa, uSihlalo we-SEC uGensler ugcina ngokuthi imithetho yase-US isivele yanele futhi iyaqhubeka nokuvikela ukuma kwe-ejensi. Kodwa-ke, uhlala ethule ngokuhlelwa kwe-Ethereum njengempahla noma ukuphepha.