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GOP Sen. Lummis: ‘We’re Going to Have a Digital Dollar’

‘We’re already seeing some of the big traditional banks create baskets, back office functions and digital protocols to accommodate assets that are offered on the blockchain’
By Grabien Staff

EXCERPT:

SORKIN: “What is the banking industry telling you about all this?”
LUMMIS: “Yeah, they don't like it. This is some competition for them. They view it as competition that will hurt their ability to sustain the deposits they need to make loans. I disagree with that. They want changes that actually would go back to the Genius Act we passed last summer and make changes to it. I think that they should embrace digital assets. It's going to be part of the financial products they can offer in the future. We're going to have a digital dollar, a digital bitcoin, digital alternative coins. It's going to be a new financial landscape and I'd like to see the traditional banking industry embrace it instead of fight it.”

 

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