{"id":62772,"date":"2022-03-06T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T09:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=62772"},"modified":"2022-03-06T09:00:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T09:00:36","slug":"us-lawmakers-working-on-policy-to-open-crypto-markets-to-institutional-investors-says-kevin-oleary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=62772","title":{"rendered":"US Lawmakers Working on Policy to Open Crypto Markets to Institutional Investors, Says Kevin O\u2019Leary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/us-senate-oleary.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"US Lawmakers Working on Policy to Open Crypto Markets to Institutional Investors, Says Kevin O'Leary\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kevin O\u2019Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, has revealed that a group of U.S. lawmakers is working on a policy to open crypto markets to institutional investors. \u201cThe good news is they are all over it and agree there is tremendous opportunity once they pass policy,\u201d said O\u2019Leary.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>U.S. Senators Working on Crypto Regulation for Institutional Investors<\/h2>\n<p>Shark Tank star Kevin O\u2019Leary revealed in a series of tweets Thursday that he just had a bipartisan meeting with a group of U.S. lawmakers to discuss crypto regulation.<\/p>\n<p>He tweeted:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Spent my day at the senate with a bi-partisan group of policy makers who get the joke on crypto. They are working on policy that will open these markets to institutional investors.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>O\u2019Leary added: \u201cThe good news is they are all over it and agree there is tremendous opportunity once they pass policy. Stay tuned, I left them feeling optimistic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Shark Tank star also thanked <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/us-senator-lummis-thinks-bitcoin-is-something-that-the-fed-should-hold-on-its-balance-sheet\/\">Senator Cynthia Lummis<\/a> for hosting the meeting. The pro-bitcoin senator from Wyoming replied to him via Twitter: \u201cIt was great to have you Kevin O\u2019leary. What a turnout (bicameral and bipartisan). Big things [are] coming. Feeling bullish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Wonderful replied: \u201cSenator Lummis is 100% right. Whoever heard of going to the Hill and having a bipartisan discussion. I thought I was dreaming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a different tweet last week, O\u2019Leary opined:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Bitcoin, Ethereum, Polygon, all these blockchains \u2014 it\u2019s all software. The growth rate of these new innovations is phenomenal, and there\u2019s capital coming in from all around the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>O\u2019Leary has been saying repeatedly that many institutional investors are waiting to be able to invest in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>In February, he <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/shark-tanks-kevin-oleary-bitcoin-appreciate-dramatically-2-3-years\/\">said<\/a> he expects the price of bitcoin to \u201cappreciate dramatically\u201d in two to three years \u201cwhen institutions can finally buy it.\u201d He explained that \u201cIn the indexing business, for all the hype around bitcoin, none of those institutions own a single coin. And they are not going to until their compliance departments allow for the ESG mandates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What do you think about Kevin O\u2019Leary\u2019s comments and U.S. lawmakers working on a crypto policy aimed at institutional investors? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin O\u2019Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, has revealed that a group of U.S. lawmakers is working on a policy to open crypto markets to institutional investors. \u201cThe good news is they are all over it and agree there is tremendous opportunity once they pass policy,\u201d said O\u2019Leary. 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