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White House Crypto Advisor Fires Back At Bank CEOs In Stablecoin Rewards Clash
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As the highly anticipated markup of the crypto market structure bill approaches, the White House’s top crypto advisor has slammed the banking industry’s CEOs amid efforts to reopen the stablecoin rewards debate.
Key facts
- On Sunday, the American Bankers Association (ABA)’s CEO, Rob Nichols, sent a letter urging bank executives to push lawmakers to revisit the language on the crypto market structure bill, known
- Some reports at the time noted that no individual bank representatives attended the February meeting, but that the sector was represented through trade associations, including ABA, the Banking Policy
- Patrick Witt, executive director of the US President’s Council of Advisors on Digital Assets, fired back at Nichols and other banking industry CEOs for their recent push to revisit the Senate Banking
- Last Friday, US banking trade groups, including ABA, sent a letter asking senators to amend the stablecoin yield compromise ahead of the markup, arguing that the language on the current version
Summary
On Sunday, the American Bankers Association (ABA)’s CEO, Rob Nichols, sent a letter urging bank executives to push lawmakers to revisit the language on the crypto market structure bill, known as the CLARITY Act, ahead of its Thursday markup. Nichols affirmed that he was “reaching out to make every bank leader in this country aware of an urgent advocacy fight that requires your immediate engagement,” adding that he wants Congress to establish digital asset rules and responsible guardrails for the crypto industry. However, he considers that the latest version of the bill “still does not adequately prevent crypto companies from offering interest-like rewards on payment stablecoins,” which would “unnecessarily incentivize the flight of bank deposits into payment stablecoins, putting both economic growth and financial stability at risk.