Gate News reports that on March 20, U.S. Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis tweeted: “We have gone too far to go back to an uncertain regulatory state. Digital assets represent the future, and now is the time for the U.S. to create the right environment for their development.” Previously, Cynthia Lummis tweeted that she had met with the Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Mike Selig, to discuss the structure of the digital asset market. Lummis stated, “Mike Selig understands the urgency of the current situation, and I look forward to continuing our cooperation to integrate digital assets into the financial system of the 21st century.”
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