CTO Of IBM Advises US Congressman To ‘Get Government-Ready’ For Blockchain

The blockchain news category is recently booming on our crypto news site. Aside from the blockchain events and our full coverage on each and every one of them, the recent news is focused on a statement given by the CTO of IBM, who recently advised one US Congressman to move forward with the blockchain adoption.

In a report that is titled “The Impact of Blockchain for Government: Insights on Identity, Payments, and Supply Chain” and made in collaboration with the US Congressional Blockchain Caucus, there is a series of roundtable discussions between the US Representatives Jared Polis (author of “The Cryptocurrency Tax Fairness Act” which proposes to abolish the crypto taxes below $600), Thomas Hardjono, who is the technical director at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as well as Jerry Cuomo, the Vice President for blockchain technology and CTO of IBM.

During the three meetings that IBM held along with MIT and members of the Congress, discussing the need for government funding of blockchain innovation and regulatory sandboxes. In that, the state would also be able to test different solutions before they are brought to the market.

The US Representative Polis, stated that the state has only begun to see the real “promise of blockchain technology”, which according to him, exceeds cryptocurrencies and tokens. He also stressed the importance of creating a legal framework for innovation and blockchain implementation.

As we reported earlier this week, the US Congressman and Blockchain Caucus member Tom Emmer recently announced that he would introduce three bills to support the development of the blockchain technology as well as cryptocurrencies – and with that establish a safe harbor for taxpayers with “forked” digital assets.