Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Mark Warner (D-VA) presents another bill to combat illegal financial activity in DeFi (Decentralized Finance).
The legislation specifies that any infringement or illegal transactions on a DeFi convention ought to be rebuffed to put such movement down. Be that as it may, because of the intrinsic namelessness of DeFi users, the bill needs to make the individual controlling the platform liable for any violations.
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If a DeFi stage doesn’t have a discernible controller or owner, the proposed legislation asserts that the liability falls upon those who have invested heavily in the platform.
This basket would include venture-capital firms and other notable investors that have invested more than $25 million into the platform.
According to Reed:
“DeFi and crypto ATMs are part of a largely unregulated technology that needs stronger oversight and guardrails to prevent rampant money laundering and sanctions evasion.”
Many of the rules the bill wants to impose on the DeFi platforms are similar to those that banks and other traditional financial institutions must follow.
For example, they must keep customer records and tell the Treasury Department about suspicious transactions. Moreover, the bill incorporates new rules for crypto ATM operators, mandating them to verify user identities.
Pushback
The proposed legislation has received considerable criticism from industry insiders, who perceive it as a potential squelcher of innovation. In the meantime, others contend that DeFi can’t be directed like conventional monetary foundations and should be seen differently.
The Decentralized Finance Education Fund (DEF) said:
“While we are supportive of effective measures to combat the illicit use of DeFi, the bill introduced today essentially says ‘centralize, shut down, or get out of the United States.”
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The organization added that there are better ways of handling the issue of illegal monetary movement in DeFi that would be less expensive to authorize and wouldn’t smother mechanical development.
Recent months have seen DeFi platforms drawn into controversies due to their alleged role in facilitating sanction evasion and serving as a conduit for hackers to launder illicit gains.
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