The Blockchain Association has hired Uniswap Labs’ Lindsay Fraser to lead its policy operations as the crypto industry pushes for near-term action from the US Congress on a bill to establish the regulatory playing field for digital asset markets.
Fraser, who worked on policy issues for Uniswap as the industry grappled with how decentralized finance (DeFi) would be handled by the US government, will take on a broader role for the 146 member companies of her new association, although she said her DeFi experience will help with the ongoing discussion. The group, which is among the leading organizations in a crowded field of industry advocates in Washington, will be closely focused on the market structure bill now being negotiated in the Senate, the implementation of the stablecoin law established earlier this year and the future of US crypto tax policy, Fraser said in an interview.
“If I’ve done my job, the industry will operate with much more certainty,” she said. She wants politicians to see BA as “a trusted partner and voice on crypto policy,” and that will require a strong coalition “able to sustain progress despite changes in administration or any kind of market cycle.”
On the same day she starts work on December 8, the Blockchain Association is hosting its annual policy summit in Washington, with speakers including Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins, Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould and Senate Majority Leader John Thune. The group — led by a former Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner, Summer Mersinger — has grown by 58 member firms this year, according to a spokesman.
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