Cryptocurrency: Action Alert - Fight Drastic Crypto Bill ASAP!

grarpamp grarpamp at gmail.com
Fri Jul 30 13:04:40 PDT 2021


The US Senate will vote on a must-pass infrastructure bill that
contains a cryptocurrency provision that would dramatically expand
surveillance of the crypto-economy. Call Senators Sinema and Portman
at 517-200-9518 and tell them to drop the cryptocurrency provision.

This bill provision looks extremely bad for cryptos... Act Now!
What the US does in regulation affects you non-US worldwide.

That number is FFTF's project, you can also
follow up with more input direct to...
https://www.senate.gov/senators/

https://www.reddit.com/user/fightforthefuture

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/oulou6/today_the_us_senate_will_vote_on_a_mustpass/

https://www.coindesk.com/podcasts/coindesk-podcast-network/dangerous-28b-crypto-provision-infrastructure-bill

In the 11th hour, the Senate has snuck in an infrastructure bill
provision that would dramatically expand financial surveillance of the
crypto-economy. Policies that impact basic freedom and the future of
the Internet should be debated carefully and should never be attached
to must-pass bills.

As lead negotiators for their respective parties, it is critical that
we strongly urge Senator Kyrsten Sinema and Senator Rob Portman to
remove this vastly overreaching provision from the infrastructure bill
as soon as possible. The Senate votes on this tomorrow, so we have to
move fast!

The most important thing you can do is to call their DC offices at
517-200-9518. We'll connect you to their offices and guide you through
the process.

When a staff member answers, tell them:

“Hi, I’m calling to ask that you remove the cryptocurrency provision
from the infrastructure bill. This provision would dramatically expand
financial surveillance, harm innovation, and undermine human rights.
Policies that impact basic freedom and the future of the Internet
should be debated carefully and should never be attached to must-pass
bills. Thank you.”

Edit: This is not about taxes! This provision would force a vast
number entities in the crypto-economy to start recording and reporting
information like your name, address, and the public address of a given
transaction. That way, from one transaction, they can unmask you, and
track and monitor all of your cryptocurrency activity. These details
would facilitate mass financial surveillance that is totally
overreaching and unacceptable.

[Edit: It is absolutely about taxes, enabled by creating a total
surveillance regime.]


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