There’s growing momentum on Capitol Hill for bills that would ban members of Congress from trading stocks — but the legislation would also likely apply to cryptocurrencies, The Post has learned. A forthcoming bill from Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) would bar members of Congress from owning or trading individual commodities, stocks or other securities that could produce conflicts of interest, a source familiar with the legislation said. Regulators are still debating how to classify cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum, but there’s a general consensus in the US that they are either commodities or securities.
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