Recovering political scientist now mostly focused on crypto and digital assets. @crypto_council. NYC maximalist. Cool mom. Views my own.
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I was honored to testify today before @WaysandMeansGOP on staking and tax policy.
Thanks to Chairman @RepDavid & @RepTerriSewell for their leadership. As I said in my testimony, a functioning digital economy requires a functioning tax framework. @Crypto_council looks forward to working with you to create it.
1/ This morning, CCI’s Crypto Week activity turned to taxes and staking. @AMangiero testified in @WaysandMeansGOP about why modernizing crypto tax policy is critical to US leadership in the digital economy. Here’s what she told lawmakers: 🧵
As the saying goes, we didn’t have time to write a short paper, so we wrote a long one.
Proud to share @crypto_council vault coalition’s work on a practical framework. Grateful to our members and the @ChapmanCutler team for bringing it together.
1/ The @SECGov issued a call to better understand crypto vaults. CCI’s Vault Coalition answered. We submitted “Under Control: A Framework for Applying the Federal Securities Laws to Crypto Vaults,” 200+ pages of technical and legal analysis.
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🚨🗞️NEW: Crypto Vaults Put 90-Year-Old Securities Rules to the Test
Can securities laws keep up with crypto vaults? A new report from @crypto_council says the answer may hinge on how much control humans retain over how the funds are managed.
cryptoinamerica.com/p/exclus…
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We were grateful to meet with @USComptroller Gould and the @USOCC for a forward-looking discussion with CCI members and industry. We appreciate the OCC’s leadership in delivering clear, workable rules, including the GENIUS final rule, which will help U.S. payment stablecoins grow and gain adoption around the world. Special thank you to CCI member @Circle for hosting.
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The @USOCC released its final rule implementing the GENIUS Act requirements for payment stablecoin issuers under its purview. Thank you to @USComptroller Gould and the OCC for their leadership in advancing GENIUS implementation.
CCI appreciates that the OCC carefully considered public comments, including ours. The final rule follows the language of the GENIUS Act by eliminating the rebuttable presumption regarding rewards arrangements between issuers and affiliates or third parties. CCI looks forward to reviewing the final rule more closely.
At the @USOCC, we have worked diligently and expeditiously to deliver the GENIUS Act final rule ahead of schedule to support President Trump's vision and @SecScottBessent's leadership to grow the economy and lead the global digital currency revolution.
Today marks the birth of a new industry having a federal framework for payment stablecoins in the digital age. It also brings us back to our original mission when the OCC was charged with the responsibility for organizing and administering a system of nationally chartered banks and a uniform national currency.
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1/ CCI is on the ground in Wisconsin today, with @AMangiero testifying on what staking is and its benefits.
We respectfully urge the state legislature to advance legislation to clarify that staking is a technical service, not a securities transaction. We’re grateful to the Legislative Council’s Study Committee on Cryptocurrency for this important opportunity.
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1/ Today at DC Fintech Week, @crypto_council launched the next chapter of the Digital Energy Council, a CCI coalition building the energy foundation America's digital economy needs. 🧵
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1/ Today at DC Fintech Week, @crypto_council launched the next chapter of the Digital Energy Council, a CCI coalition building the energy foundation America's digital economy needs. 🧵
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The next generation of the digital economy depends on the infrastructure powering it.
This Wednesday at DC Fintech Week (@fintechthinksdc), CCI's @Rashan leads a discussion on the defining policy issues for AI and digital assets heading into 2027 with Will Paul (@blocks), Natalia Li (@galaxyhq), and @KyleBligen (@TheDRC_) at 11:50.
Join us to hear how demand is rising alongside answers to new questions on energy development, grid capacity, and U.S. competitiveness.
When @_jikim discusses 2c2d I pay attention. Looking forward to working on this analysis and engaging with @CFTC.
And as always, thankful for @ChairmanSelig’s leadership. 🫡
1/ The @CFTC's ANPRM on Reg CTX and Reg CAM marks an important step toward providing clearer rules of the road for U.S. digital asset markets and builds on this Administration’s promise to facilitate responsible innovation.
@crypto_council welcomes @ChairmanSelig and the Commission’s constructive efforts to bring regulatory clarity and expand federal supervisory safeguards for investors. We also appreciate the Commission’s fit-for-purpose approach of updating its rules to keep pace with innovation to best protect consumers and reflect commercial realities. 🧵
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1/ The @CFTC's ANPRM on Reg CTX and Reg CAM marks an important step toward providing clearer rules of the road for U.S. digital asset markets and builds on this Administration’s promise to facilitate responsible innovation.
@crypto_council welcomes @ChairmanSelig and the Commission’s constructive efforts to bring regulatory clarity and expand federal supervisory safeguards for investors. We also appreciate the Commission’s fit-for-purpose approach of updating its rules to keep pace with innovation to best protect consumers and reflect commercial realities. 🧵
.@CFTC Seeks Public Comment on Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Relating to Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets: cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressRele…
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On Monday, we joined CCI members, regulators, academics, and members of the crypto bar at the @FordhamCrypto Symposium for substantive conversations on topics ranging from tokenization to litigation to vaults. Thank you to @xethalis @thejoycelai @DonnaRedel and the students for organizing.
We also thank our friends at @coincenter for another excellent Annual Dinner and their work on behalf of our industry. A highlight was the toast from @ChairmanSelig. We appreciate his leadership as the @CFTC works to build clear rules that keep innovation in the U.S.
The CCI team (@_jikim @AMangiero @Rashan) was glad to join our members and friends at both. These gatherings are an important opportunity to exchange ideas, strengthen relationships, and bring the legal and policy community together around the work ahead.
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The WSJ wants a blame game. It got the story wrong, again. @coinbase and @brian_armstrong have consistently fought for CLARITY and for smart policy that benefits our industry and country. Let's look at the actual facts.
On CLARITY, Coinbase advocated fiercely for our country to finally have what has been missing: comprehensive market structure. On rewards, the Ag title, the Banking title, and the entire bill, they prioritized what would best serve our industry, consumer protection, and most importantly, our country. And on rewards, Coinbase, and our industry, made real concessions, and many of them, to give this critical legislation a shot at moving forward. I was in those rooms and meetings. The compromise was real, and Coinbase helped us get there.
I've worked with Coinbase on CLARITY, and the WSJ's reporting could not be further from the truth. Time and again, I saw Coinbase make substantive recommendations, negotiate in good faith, work with the industry, serve as a resource to members of Congress, and yes, make concessions to move this process forward.
Coinbase and Brian's advocacy did not happen overnight. When the prior SEC made regulation by enforcement its playbook against our industry, Coinbase fought back. They petitioned the SEC for real rules. When they were stonewalled, they took it to the Third Circuit, which called the agency's reasoning "conclusory." They saw the SEC's enforcement case against them dismissed with prejudice. They sued under FOIA to expose the debanking campaign. To suggest that Coinbase has not put our industry first, or is somehow to blame for the failed vote, is egregiously inaccurate.
Yes, CLARITY's failed vote was deeply disappointing, but our industry is more united today than ever. A piece like this is built to manufacture division right when we're locked arm in arm and focused on next steps, including supporting the regulatory agencies that are moving quickly to provide the clarity we need. It won't work.
Coinbase has led from the front for our industry, so has Brian. These are the facts.
wsj.com/finance/currencies/c…
It was a clear black night, a clear white moon…
Sometimes the flood of rulemaking is such that you’re like “slow down, I need more time.” Other times you are looking at the calendar and quoting the great Warren G. LFG. sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-st…
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CCI commends the House Ways and Means Committee for advancing today's bipartisan markup of the Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act and for its leadership on this important issue.
The following is a statement from CCI’s Chief Strategy Officer and Head of U.S. Policy, @amangiero:
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The markup of the Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act is an important next step following the House Ways and Means Committee’s June 9th hearing.
The bill reflects significant work undertaken by the Committee and staff. CCI appreciates the Committee’s continued willingness to engage with stakeholders throughout this process and its commitment to developing durable statutory rules for digital asset taxation.
Our letter:
cryptoforinnovation.org/wp-c…
CCI appreciates @RepJasonSmith, @WaysandMeansGOP, and Committee staff for continuing to advance the conversation around digital asset tax policy. Clear, administrable tax rules benefit taxpayers, businesses, and the government alike by improving compliance and providing greater certainty. @crypto_council looks forward to engaging constructively with members on both sides of the aisle as the process moves forward.
🚨 @WaysandMeansGOP and @RepJasonSmith just announced a markup for Wed, Sept 16 at 10am including the newly released Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act.
Clear tax rules are the foundation of compliance, investment, and U.S. competitiveness. CCI is reviewing and looks forward to engaging with members as this process moves forward.
waysandmeans.house.gov/event…
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Monday Sept 14 at @SolanaInstitute's Washington x Wall Street, CCI's @AMangiero will break down the latest on crypto tax policy with @JasonSomensatto of @coincenter and @CcLeffert of @PunchbowlNews.
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Nobody is closer to the vault policy work than @AMangiero and the @crypto_council team. Excited that @rmcuming and @ground_onchain get to build alongside them in the Vault Coalition.
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1/ Today, @SECGov proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, its first crypto-specific rulemaking, on the offer and sale of digital assets.
Tl;dr: crypto builders get a defined path to raise capital in the U.S. in a compliant way and investors get clear, fit-for-purpose disclosures.
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Leader Thune filed cloture on the motion to proceed to Clarity. A statement from our CEO @_jikim follows:
