US Senator Jon Tester Sees ‘No Reason’ Why Cryptocurrencies Should Exist – Regulation Coming?
United States senator Raymond Jon Tester came after the crypto industry yet again in a Sunday interview, arguing that there is no reason for it even to exist. Tester is the senior senator from the US state of Montana and...
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Tester is the senior senator from the US state of Montana and the dean of Montana's congressional delegation.
In an interview for NBC’s Meet the Press, the senator said that he is not a regulator but that,
"I see no reason why this stuff should exist."...
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