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SEC Chairman: Cryptocurrency Could Be a Powerful Tool for Financial Surveillance, But Not at the Cost of Privacy
BlockBeats News, December 16th, according to The Block, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins stated that he believes there is a path forward that balances national security concerns with individual privacy protection, but he also warned that government overreach could tip the scales too far. On Monday, during the SEC's cryptocurrency special working group's sixth cryptocurrency roundtable, Atkins cautioned that blockchain is particularly efficient in linking transactions to senders, and if guided in the wrong direction, cryptocurrency could "become the most powerful financial surveillance architecture ever."
Atkins stated: "Indeed, if the government's instinct is to treat every wallet as a broker, every software as an exchange, every transaction as a reportable event, and every protocol as a convenient monitoring node, then the government will turn this ecosystem into a financial panopticon." However, Atkins mentioned that there are ways to balance innovation and privacy protection. Atkins said: "I firmly believe that we can collectively build a framework to ensure that technological progress and financial development do not come at the expense of individual freedoms."
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