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Overturned Chevron deference likely won’t impact crypto regulation: Tom Emmer

Only a Donald Trump election victory and a mostly Republican Congress could make Chevron potentially impactful, says Representative Tom Emmer.

The crypto industry won’t benefit from an overturned legal doctrine that forced courts to use federal agency interpretations of ambiguous laws unless Congress passes legislation limiting what those agencies can regulate, says United States Representative Tom Emmer.

I don’t think Chevron deference changes a whole lot,” Emmer told Cointelegraph at the Permissionless conference in Utah on Oct. 9.

The Supreme Court overruled the Chevron doctrine in June — meaning that US courts no longer need to “defer” to federal agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission when interpreting ambiguous statutes.

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Congressman Blasts SEC Chair Over Crypto Regulation Failures

Congressman Blasts SEC Chair Over Crypto Regulation FailuresCongressman Tom Emmer sharply criticized U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler during a congressional hearing, questioning his leadership and approach to cryptocurrency regulation. “The SEC broke the law, your attorneys lied to the court, and no one in your leadership here in D.C. has been held accountable,” the lawmaker stressed. Tom Emmer […]

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Congressman criticizes Gensler as most ‘destructive’ SEC chair during hearing

SEC Chair Gary Gensler faced criticism from lawmakers and agency members during a House Financial Services Committee hearing over his handling of crypto regulation in the United States.

United States Congressman Tom Emmer slammed SEC Chair Gary Gensler during a congressional hearing, calling him the most “destructive” and “lawless” Chair in the regulator’s 90-year history.

“You’ve made up the term crypto asset security. This term is nowhere to be found in statute, you made it up [and] you never provided any interpretive guidance on how crypto asset security might be defined within the walls of your SEC,” Emmer told Gensler before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Sept. 24.

Emmer said the term had served as the entire basis for Gensler’s “enforcement crusade” against the crypto industry for the last three years. This was up until last week when SEC lawyers retracted the term in a court footnote.

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US Lawmakers Call for Clear SEC Rules on Digital Asset Airdrops

US Lawmakers Call for Clear SEC Rules on Digital Asset AirdropsCongressman Tom Emmer is pushing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to provide clear rules on digital asset airdrops, arguing that current regulatory uncertainty is stifling innovation and blocking American participation in blockchain projects. He emphasized the importance of airdrops in decentralizing networks and shaping the future of blockchain, criticizing the SEC’s approach under […]

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House Republicans demand SEC’s Gensler clarify crypto airdrops stance

US Representatives Tom Emmer and Patrick McHenry gave Gary Gensler until the end of the month to answer questions about the SEC’s approach to crypto airdrops. 

Two Republican lawmakers are demanding United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler answer questions about the classification of crypto airdrops by the end of the month. 

Representative Tom Emmer and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry said in a Sept. 17 letter to Gensler that they’re concerned after the SEC made “assertions about airdrops” in various lawsuits over the last two years.

In September 2022, the SEC sued Hydrogen Technology Corporation and its former CEO for market manipulation of what it called “crypto asset securities.”

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Congressman Calls for SEC Chair’s Dismissal Over ‘Regulation by Harassment’

Congressman Calls for SEC Chair’s Dismissal Over ‘Regulation by Harassment’House Majority Whip Tom Emmer has criticized U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler, accusing him of “regulation-by-harassment,” and calling for his dismissal. The congressman has consistently opposed Gensler’s regulatory practices, supporting legislative reforms for the SEC. He argues that Gensler’s approach undermines the securities regulator’s mission to protect investors and maintain orderly […]

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Supreme Court’s Chevron Decision Curtails SEC Chair Gensler’s Regulatory Abuses, Says Congressman

Supreme Court’s Chevron Decision Curtails SEC Chair Gensler’s Regulatory Abuses, Says CongressmanCongressman Tom Emmer has stated that the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Chevron deference significantly limits “the regulatory abuses” of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler. The ruling is seen as a game changer for the crypto industry and other tech sectors, promising more predictable and grounded regulations. Supreme Court’s Chevron Ruling […]

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US House Passes Central Bank Digital Currency Anti-Surveillance State Act

US House Passes Central Bank Digital Currency Anti-Surveillance State ActThe House of Representatives has passed Congressman Tom Emmer’s CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, which prohibits the Federal Reserve from issuing a surveillance-oriented central bank digital currency (CBDC). The lawmaker emphasized that the bill protects American values of privacy and individual sovereignty, countering potential governmental overreach. CBDC Anti-Surveillance Act Clears House Following the passage of the […]

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The Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century (FIT21) Act, AKA ‘The Crypto Bill’, Passes US House

The Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century (FIT21) Act, AKA ‘The Crypto Bill’, Passes US House

The Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21 Century (FIT21) Act, a bill that would treat crypto assets as commodities provided their blockchain is decentralized enough, has passed the US House of Representatives. According to a new press release by the Financial Services Committee, the House has passed the new crypto bill, which would bolster […]

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SEC custody rule made crypto regulation a ‘political football’ — Rep. Nickel

The SEC’s proposed crypto custody rule and its “hostility” to the industry isn’t in Joe Biden’s “best interests,” Representative Wiley Nickel told Gary Gensler.

The United States securities regulator has turned crypto regulation into a “political football,” and its “open hostility” isn’t helping President Joe Biden, says Representative Wiley Nickel.

In a May 15 letter to Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, Nickel, a Democrat, claimed the regulator ran contrary to its mission to protect investors and breached its authority in trying to pass the controversial Staff Accounting Bulletin 121, or SAB 121.

SAB 121 is a proposed rule mandating that SEC-reporting entities custodying crypto must record those holdings as liabilities on their balance sheets.

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