Bessent: US to Set Digital Assets Rules

SecScottBessent laid out five principles for America’s economic dominance over the next century, with Principle 3 declaring the US will write the rules of the next economy and explicitly naming digital assets, stablecoins, tokenization and new payment systems as core battlegrounds; Matt_Hougan highlighted the Treasury secretary’s warning that Washington cannot sit on the sidelines while Bitcoin and related infrastructure are built elsewhere, underscoring a clear federal push to shape US crypto policy framework, accelerate stablecoin market growth and embed tokenization economy standards at home.