Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla recently released a letter to both Republican and Democratic candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, highlighting the important role the next presidential administration will play in determining America’s position in crypto and the global financial climate.
CEO of Paxos Advocates Modern Financial Infrastructure
Cascarilla pointed out that the global financial system is “outdated and dysfunctional,” calling for an overhaul financial services work. He pointed out that although the economy has developed rapidly through the use of technology and the internet, conventional banks are lagging behind.
Notably, he emphasized that 20% of Americans and 40% of the world’s population remain unbanked or unbanked, despite the widespread adoption of smartphones – 95% of Americans and 70% of the world’s population now own them.
“Now is an opportunity to rethink how innovation can expose the layers of financial opacity, complexity, and risk that hold our economy back,” said Cascarilla, who advocates for a modernized financial infrastructure.
According to Cascarilla, blockchain technology and digital assets are reshaping the financial system, enabling it to operate more securely and transparently online.
He emphasized the importance of stablecoins—digital representations of US dollars using blockchain technology—as an important development for the payment system. “This is not a distant and imaginary future. It’s happening now,” he said, stressing the urgency of clarifying the rules.
Bipartisan Cooperation Is Needed to Address Regulatory Issues
In the letter Cascarilla emphasized that Paxos is the first company in the US to receive a limited purpose trust charter from the New York Department of Finance in 2015. Paxos has also led the issuance of stablecoins backed by the US dollar that are “smartly managed,” according to the CEO
Despite these developments, Cascarilla lamented that the US has become “deficient” in financial innovation. He mentioned many examples of regulatory overreach, harsh banking policies, and unnecessary legal actions that have hindered the growth of Paxos and its peers.
Cascarilla believes that this “hostile environment” has forced many companies to seek legal clarification outside the US, with international jurisdictions such as Singapore, the UAE, and the European Union using the “unfair measures of the US” by promoting supportive regulatory frameworks.
“If US regulators, policymakers, Congress, and the next administration fail to support blockchain and adoption of digital assetsthe future of our financial industry is at stake,” he warned. Cascarilla noted that without constructive policies, money, jobs, and skills will inevitably move to states with clear rules.
In his closing remarks, Cascarilla expressed hope for bipartisan cooperation in dealing with the current regulatory situation. He noted, “Thankfully, there is a bipartisan interest in fixing this broken state.”
The Paxos CEO also said he looks forward to working with the next administration and lawmakers from both parties to develop a stablecoin framework designed to drive innovation and ensure US leadership in digital assets.
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