THELOGICALINDIAN - US Representative Jared Polis accepted for his favorable attitudes appear cryptocurrency and blockchain will become Colorados abutting governor afterwards acquisition Walker Stapleton
U.S. Representative Jared Polis (D-CO), who has fabricated account for his pro-cryptocurrency and blockchain stances, has defeated Colorado accompaniment Treasurer Walker Stapleton to become the new governor.
Governor-elect Polis has become acclaimed beyond the cryptocurrency world for his absorption and abutment of the industry.
Part of his attack belvedere focused on the allowances of blockchain for companies in Colorado. He has additionally formed in the halls of Congress on industry-friendly endeavors.
Touting the Benefits of Blockchain
Bitcoinist has ahead reported on the blockchain aspect of Polis’ gubernatorial platform. In the summer, Polis published a few activity accomplish on his attack website that abundant account of blockchain affiliation into accompaniment affairs.
Polis looks to coact with Colorado admiral and use blockchain technology to advance borough and canton elections. He additionally aims to body a “statewide safe anchorage advised to absolved cryptocurrencies from accompaniment money transmissions laws.”
According to Polis, this abstraction and its associated legislation would assure “open blockchain tokens.” This could advice Colorado attract avant-garde companies to move to the accompaniment and appoint advisedly “without the licensing requirements of the aggregation of balance and bill laws.”
Other action account included the analysis of blockchain-based activity solutions, forth with the accessible use of accessible ledgers to advance accuracy for government records.
Polis emphasized how his all-embracing ambition was to “establish Colorado as a national hub for blockchain addition in business and government.”
A Crusader in Congress
Before absorption his time on active for governor, Polis was a allegiant and articulate apostle for cryptocurrency and blockchain during his time as a U.S. Representative.
Back in 2014, the then-Congressman called for a ban on the U.S. Dollar in a abusive acknowledgment to a letter from Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), who alleged for a Bitcoin ban.
Polis was also a co-founder of the Congressional Blockchain Congress, which is declared as actuality committed to “[…] the advance of complete accessible action against blockchain-based technologies and agenda currencies.” The article was clearly appear in February 2017.
Late aftermost year, Polis, alongside Representative David Schweikert (R-AZ) alien the Cryptocurrency Tax Fairness Act of 2017.
The abstraction of the legislation was to acquiesce consumers to “make baby purchases with cryptocurrency up to $600 after crushing advertisement requirements, according to a news release from Polis’ office.
The Act was offered as an amendment to the House tax ameliorate bill in mid-November but was not adopted.
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