This is the law that will permit the US federal government to control US Bitcoin companies/custodians/exchanges/etc.
We are moving from an era where “national security” is the altar on which rights are sacrificed into a world where “financial stability” is the new god. #TheGreatTaking #2010
12 US Code § 5323 Authority to require supervision and regulation of certain nonbank financial companies
(a) U.S. NONBANK FINANCIAL COMPANIES SUPERVISED BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
(1) DETERMINATION
The Council, on a nondelegable basis and by a vote of not fewer than ⅔ of the voting members then serving, including an affirmative vote by the Chairperson, may determine that a U.S. nonbank financial company shall be supervised by the Board of Governors and shall be subject to prudential standards, in accordance with this subchapter, if the Council determines that material financial distress at the U.S. nonbank financial company, or the nature, scope, size, scale, concentration, interconnectedness, or mix of the activities of the U.S. nonbank financial company, could pose a threat to the financial stability of the United States.