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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 10: Demonstrators hold up signs as Congressional Democrats and CFPB workers hold a rally to protest the closing of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the work-from-home order issued by CFPB Director Russell Vought outside its headquarters on February 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn)

Crypto & Fintech

The crypto industry is demanding massive and dangerous exemptions from investor protections, financial stability, and transparency rules, creating dangerous risks.

We are fighting back to stop them from buying carve outs for industry insiders at the public’s expense.

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AFR in the News

  • The Dispatch: Crypto Comes to Washington

    “The bill is long on promises and very short on details,” Mark Hays, associate director for cryptocurrency and financial technology at Americans for Financial Reform, told TMD. “If this legislation passes without adequate safeguards for investors and with loopholes that could undermine existing financial regulations, when the next crypto crash comes—and it will come—more of…

  • The Intercept: You Will Never Send Money Digitally Without a Private Company — If the GOP Gets Its Way

    “You hear a lot of high-minded rhetoric about CBDCs being a threat to people or privacy, but at the end of the day, this is really about what roles the public and private sector play in finance,” said Mark Hays, an advocate with the left-leaning groups Americans for Financial Reform and Demand Progress.

  • The Intercept: You Will Never Send Money Digitally Without A Private Company – If the GOP Gets Its Way

    “You hear a lot of high-minded rhetoric about CBDCs being a threat to people or privacy, but at the end of the day, this is really about what roles the public and private sector play in finance,” said Mark Hays, an advocate with the left-leaning groups Americans for Financial Reform and Demand Progress.

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