速览美众议院小组委员会稳定币听证会要点:应当迅速采取行动,推动立法

PanewsPublished on 2023-04-20Last updated on 2023-04-20

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4月19日,美国众议院金融服务委员会举行了一场关于稳定币的听证会,会上美国两党议员各自发表了意见,一致认为稳定币立法非常必要。本文带你速览此次听证会亮点。

周三(4月19日),美国国会下的一个重要委员会(众议院金融服务委员会)举行了一场听证会,讨论稳定币在全球经济中发挥的重要作用,以及是否全面立法以释放稳定币的全部价值。

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听证会的主题是“了解稳定币在支付中的作用和立法的必要性”,由众议院金融服务委员会的数字资产、金融技术和包容性小组主持。Circle首席战略官兼全球政策负责人Dante Disparte是出席听证会的领导人之一。

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众议院金融服务委员会主席Patrick McHenry(北卡罗来纳州共和党人)表示,他将以两党合作的方式通过稳定币法案。“不采取行动不符合消费者利益。我们需要一套针对稳定币的联邦监管制度,这对我们在国际和国内都很重要,而且在两党的基础上理解这项法案的效用和重要性也非常重要。”

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众议院金融服务委员会高级成员Maxine Waters(加州民主党人)表示,她理解“迅速”通过稳定币法案的重要性。“我同意大多数小组成员的意见,即我们应该迅速采取行动,制定一项稳定币法案,并推动立法。”

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数字资产、金融技术和包容性小组委员会主席、国会议员French Hill(阿肯色州共和党人)表示,人们“一致”认为需要一个全面的稳定币法案框架。“我想感谢我们的证人今天成为一个出色的小组。我认为这次对话对于明确稳定币立法的方向非常有帮助。我当然听到了专家组的一致意见,即国会的监管框架将有利于美国经济、美国发明家和消费者。”

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Circle首席战略官兼全球政策负责人Dante Disparte谈到联合国难民署如何利用支付稳定币和区块链来帮助难民。

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“一个最有力的例子是最近的一个,那就是我们与联合国难民事务高级专员办事处 (UNHCR) 的合作伙伴关系。Circle与Stellar和Moneygram(注:速汇金,是一种个人间的环球快速汇款业务,可以在15分钟内完成由汇款人到收款人的汇款过程)一起,帮助设计了一项针对乌克兰难民的数字现金援助计划。该计划的运作方式是其他任何支付系统无法替代的,您想一想,我们国家今天运送对外援助或灾难援助的方式是实物现金,这是容易滋生腐败、贿赂或欺诈的蜜罐。以设备为中心的货币具有抗腐败、近乎即时和可审计的特性,这是一个非常强大的功能,在这种情况下,以美元计价的稳定币USDC是支持这种创新的有效载体。”

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Disparte在听证会上指出:

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“迄今为止,几乎所有其他支付创新都只是在借贷和结算速度方面略有改进,与之相比,USDC等稳定币是一种以美元计价的电子现金传输形式。随着时间的推移,互联网规模、近乎即时的美元结算,将接近世界上最大支付系统的每秒交易量。这是一项关键的创新,可以同步提升美国的经济竞争力和国家安全利益。在如何以数字形式向任何联网设备发送、消费、储蓄和保护资金的方式上,有望成为一项重要突破。随着时间的推移,只要国家监管框架落实到位,一种数字美元的新形式就会出现,它将具有法律明确性、互联网规模的传输性、基本保护(包括即使发行人破产时也享有同等赎回权、隐私)、法治和其他关键特征。实现这一目标的唯一途径是国会制定全面的稳定币法案。”

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