El demócrata Jon Tester no ve "ninguna razón" en la existencia de las criptomonedas

• The senior US senator from Montana, Jon Tester, criticized cryptocurrencies, stating that he sees “no reason why” they exist.
• “The problem is if we regulate it, […] it may give it the ability of people to think it’s real,” said the Senator in his statement.
• Crypto community on Twitter criticized the Senator’s remarks with users saying that he has no knowledge about blockchain and decentralization.
• In an earlier statement, Jon Tester said that the crypto industry was “all bullshit” and that he can’t “figure out what supports it.”

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Many US Senators have come out against the existence of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, and many don’t see the reason for their existence except, for illicit purposes. Jon Tester, an American farmer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Montana, recently stated that he sees “no reason why” cryptocurrencies and digital assets should exist in the current scenario.

Jon Tester ocupa su escaño como demócrata de Montana desde 2007 y es un miembro destacado de la política estadounidense. Curiosamente, el Senador también forma parte del Comité Bancario del Senado, un comité que tiene jurisdicción sobre asuntos relacionados con bancos y actividades bancarias, controles de precios, depósito, etc. Además, el Comité también es una de las entidades clave involucradas en el ámbito de la regulación. .

In an appearance on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ on Dec. 11, Jon Tester fijado que las criptomonedas y el sector de las criptomonedas no tiene valor. Agregó que regular este sector solo conducirá a darle legitimidad a la industria que es, en cierto sentido, un patio de recreo para estafadores y ru-pullers.

According to the Senator’s statement, “It’s not been able to pass the smell test for me. I have not been able to find anybody who’s been able to explain to me what’s there other than synthetics […] which means nothing,” he said, while further adding:

“The problem is if we regulate it, and I pointed this out to some of the regulators here a week or two ago, if we regulated it, it may give it the ability of people to think it’s real,” said Jon Tester in an interview.

Finally, Jon Tester added that he sees “no reason why this stuff should exist” at all. However, the crypto community on social media platform Twitter, which was just vendido a Elon Musk por más de $44 mil millones, decidió criticar al Senador por su autoadmitido desconocimiento de las criptomonedas y sus comentarios anticriptomonedas.

Twitter user @BS0064 tweeted that it is “always good to see people who have no idea what they’re talking about to express really strong opinions on the matter.” On the other hand, @blocknonprofit argued Tester’s statement, adding that “it is real… imagine all those cryptos are just tech stocks not traded on traditional exchanges used today.”

Moreover, Jon Tester slammed cryptocurrencies in an earlier statement given to media outlet Semafor, adding that the crypto industry was “all bullshit” and that he can’t “figure out what supports it.” The Twitter crypto communnity believes that this shows the Senator’s lack of knowledge about blockchain and tokenization.

Como informó anteriormente Bitnation, Las senadoras estadounidenses Elizabeth Warren y Tina Smith criticaron recientemente el colapso del intercambio de criptomonedas, FTX, y la industria criptográfica más amplia. Además, a los legisladores les preocupa que la falta de supervisión regulatoria en los vínculos entre los bancos y las criptoempresas pueda tener consecuencias duraderas.

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