{"id":321,"date":"2024-09-26T17:46:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T17:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=321"},"modified":"2024-09-26T17:46:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T17:46:43","slug":"maxine-waters-says-crypto-is-inevitable-other-countries-are-way-ahead-of-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=321","title":{"rendered":"Maxine Waters Says &#8216;Crypto Is Inevitable,&#8217; Other Countries Are &#8216;Way Ahead&#8217; Of The United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Rep. <strong>Maxine Waters<\/strong> (D-Calif.), a key Democrat and influential voice in the House Financial Services Committee, has been a vocal critic of the crypto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/09\/41012573\/maxine-waters-says-its-time-for-a-grand-bargain-on-stablecoin-legislation-before-years-end\">sector over the past two years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened<\/strong>: In an <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/article\/vault\/waters-changes-tune-on-crypto\/\">interview<\/a> with Punchbowl News, Waters now acknowledged a shift in her perspective on the industry, stating, &#8220;Crypto is inevitable. There are countries that are way ahead of us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This marks a notable change in tone for Waters, who has previously focused on advocating strict regulatory measures for the crypto sector. <\/p>\n<p>The political environment around crypto has evolved recently, and the changing stance among Democrats may have influenced Waters&#8217; outlook. <\/p>\n<p>Vice President <strong>Kamala Harris<\/strong> has started to adopt a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/09\/41037763\/kamala-harris-strengthens-crypto-stance-the-us-will-remain-dominant-in-ai-and-quantum-comp\">more business-friendly approach<\/a>, including a cautious acceptance of crypto.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, during a fundraiser, Harris indicated her administration\u2019s intent to &#8220;encourage innovative technologies like AI and digital assets while protecting our consumers and investors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Waters&#8217; comments were made in response to questions &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/09\/41053101\/maxine-waters-says-crypto-is-inevitable-other-countries-are-way-ahead-of-the-united-states\" alt=\"Maxine\" waters says is inevitable other countries are ahead of the united states>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), a key Democrat and influential voice in the House Financial Services Committee, has been a vocal critic of the crypto sector over the past two years. What Happened: In an interview with Punchbowl News, Waters now acknowledged a shift in her perspective on the industry, stating, &#8220;Crypto is inevitable. There are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}