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‘I Like Bitcoin’ Not Facebook Libra, House Rep. Kevin McCarthy Admits

Davit Babayan
Davit Babayan
5 years ago
2 mins read
bitcoin, libra

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US House Representative Kevin McCarthy said he likes bitcoin because of its decentralized nature and security.

The minority leader praised the cryptocurrency’s underlying blockchain ledger technology for protecting users’ privacy, a feature that is otherwise missing across centrally-controlled financial services. For the same reasons, he criticized Facebook’s upcoming cryptocurrency project Calibra for being the polar opposite of bitcoin.

“When I’m on Facebook, I’m not the customer, I’m the product,” McCarthy told CNBC. “Facebook is free because they sell your data to make money. Now they want to get into the business, and they’re not Bitcoin, in this Libra. They’re not decentralized.”

‘I want to see decentralization because Libra concerns me that they’re going to control the market,’ he added.

"I like bitcoin … The real thing I like when it comes to bitcoin is I like blockchain because I like the security. I want the government to start using blockchain," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy @GOPLeader tells @JoeSquawk #bitcoin #btc pic.twitter.com/LeCi3Gg7Ro

— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) July 16, 2019

Privacy Frameworks

The statements came just hours ahead of the House Banking Committee’s hearings on Calibra. Facebook’s executive David Marcus will be defending the digital payment project today before Maxine Waters, the Democratic Congresswoman, who last week proposed a bill that would ban the entry of big technology firms into the financial industry. In his prepared testimony, however, Marcus clarified that the Libra Association, the division which would head the Calibra project, will be regulated by the Swiss government. Excerpts:

“We have had preliminary discussions with FINMA [the Swiss Financial Markets Supervisory Authority] and expect to engage with them on an appropriate regulatory framework for the Libra Association. The Association also intends to register with FinCEN [The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network] as a money services business.”

McCarthy, on the other hand, called for a balanced approach between the two, believing that the US should not miss out on opportunities provided by the blockchain companies. In an opinion editorial published in the New York Times, the tech-savvy republican requested the US Congress to “develop a clear privacy framework” before it mistakenly turns scrutiny into suppression.

“In the right “light touch” regulatory environment, decentralized networks can provide the transparent, secure platforms that respect an individual’s privacy and dignity,” McCarthy wrote.

Bitcoin a “National Security Threat”

McCarthy’s concerns appeared different from the ones shared by the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and US President Donald Trump said last week. The two criticized Libra for its potential to offer criminals a simple gateway to launder money, finance terrorists, and peddle drugs online. Tensions regarding the emerging cryptocurrency sector further escalated when Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called cryptos a “national security threat” during a White House address on Monday.

“Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin have been exploited to support billions of dollars of illicit activity like cybercrime, tax evasion, extortion, ransomware, illicit drugs, and human trafficking,” Mnuchin said. “I am not comfortable today with Facebook’s launch. They have a lot of work to do.”

Famous financial analyst Mati Greenspan commented later that the US could initiate a crackdown on the entire bitcoin industry using Libra as its motive.

Some light reading. These are the implications of declaring something a "matter of national security," as the United States just called crypto.

TL;DR – The President has supreme power to act unilaterally to neutralize the threat.https://t.co/BDgkFOs0Um

— Mati (@MatiGreenspan) July 16, 2019

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Davit Babayan is an Armenia-based expat balancing the academic life of a software design engineer with the experiences of a financial technology journalist. He aspires to be a full-time columnist and wants to write a book that would be called, "A Homeless Who Found Bitcoin."

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