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US draft bill seeks to ban big tech from taking over economy with private cryptocurrencies US draft bill seeks to ban big tech from taking over economy with private cryptocurrencies
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Fearing the potential impact a popular privately-issued cryptocurrency might have on both American and dollar-dominant global economy, the US lawmakers are drafting a bill to prevent tech giants from taking over financial sector. Fearing the impact a popular privately-issued cryptocurrency might have on both the American and dollar-dominant global economy, US lawmakers are drafting a bill to prevent tech giants from taking over the financial sector.
The bill titled, ‘Keep Big Tech Out of Finance Act,’ seeks to prohibit any technology company with annual global revenue of more than $25 billion from issuing their own cryptocurrency. The draft explicitly bans “large platform utilities from being a financial institution or being affiliated with a person that is a financial institution.” Any entity that violates the provisions of the bill could be subject to a daily fine of up to a million US dollars. The bill titled ‘Keep Big Tech Out of Finance Act’ seeks to prohibit any tech company with annual global revenue of more than $25 billion from issuing their own cryptocurrency. The draft explicitly bans “large platform utilities from being a financial institution or being affiliated with a person that is a financial institution.” Any entity that violates the provisions of the bill could be subject to a daily fine of up to $1mn.
While the draft legislation does not name any particular companies or digital currencies, President Donald Trump had previously singled out bitcoin and yet-to-be launched Facebook’s Libra in his attack against alternative payment systems last week. Stressing that both Americans and the international community people must put their faith in ‘reliable’ US dollar, the US president has demanded harsher federal regulations of peer-to-peer financial transactions. While the draft legislation does not name any particular companies or digital currencies, President Donald Trump singled out bitcoin and Facebook’s yet-to-be launched Libra in an attack on alternative payment systems last week. The president demanded harsher federal regulations for peer-to-peer financial transactions.
Facebook which hopes to take advantage of its massive platform to launch the Libra sometime next year, is facing an uphill battle with US lawmakers and the Federal Reserve, who seem set to prevent the Menlo Park firm from becoming a dominant financial player. This week, the social network giant will face a grilling from the Senate Banking and the House Financial Services Committees about the consequences of the Libra launch, including privacy, money laundering and consumer protection issues. Facebook, which hopes to use its massive platform to launch Libra sometime next year, is facing an uphill battle with lawmakers and the Federal Reserve, which seem set on preventing the firm from becoming a dominant financial player. This week, the social media giant will face a grilling from the Senate Banking and the House Financial Services Committees about the consequences of Libra’s launch, including privacy, money laundering, and consumer protection issues.
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