US Senator Cynthia Lummis has defended the crypto industry against allegations that the digital asset class is being actively used in illicit financial activities..
Cynthia Lummis asked the US Congress not to be influenced by unconfirmed allegations and press speculation regarding crypto assets and crypto industry participants. Lummis emphasized that illicit financial transactions are a problem in any sector of the economy, which lies not in the asset class, but in the ability of attackers to commit these crimes.
“Cryptocurrency is present in less than 1% of the volume of all illegal financial activities. If we could create a regulatory structure that allows the crypto industry to operate in America, rather than in unregulated foreign markets, then its share would be even smaller,” the senator said.
Recently, several US news outlets reported that on the eve of the militants' invasion of Israel, the militant wing of Hamas raised millions of dollars in cryptocurrency to organize its illegal activities..
Against this backdrop, US senator and longtime advocate for stricter crypto regulation Elizabeth Warren has created a coalition of more than 100 senators who are demanding that the government immediately adopt new rules to combat the financing of terrorism and money laundering in cryptocurrencies.
At the same time, the intentions of the group of senators supporting Warren were not affected by the refutation of these reports by industry experts, as well as analysts from Elliptic and Chainalysis.