以色列禁止洗钱和恐怖融资管理局 (IMPA) 前局长 Shlomit Wagman 博士告诉美国立法者，加密货币将继续存在，首要重点应该是建立有效的监管，而不是试图压制它们。存在。
In a congressional hearing on Wednesday, the former regulator stressed the importance of establishing clear and consistent rules across countries to prevent bad actors from exploiting regulatory inconsistencies, responding to questions from various lawmakers about cryptos’ potential to serve legitimate and nefarious purposes.
瓦格曼博士建议，与金融行动特别工作组（FATF）共同努力，制定一份未能执行反洗钱和反恐融资法规的国家的全面名单，可能有助于遏制与加密货币相关的非法活动。
“我们可以与 FATF 一起创建一份这些国家的详细名单，并确保它们被公开宣布，然后我们将有更好的方法来监控那里正在发生的事情，而不是仅仅假设它不会发生。”她说道。
美国参议员约翰·费特曼进一步探讨了加密货币交易中的匿名问题，认为吸引部分用户的匿名性也是为非法活动提供便利的特征。他质疑如果取消匿名性，加密货币是否仍具有吸引力。
瓦格曼博士同意这一观点，并承认加密货币由于其匿名性质，对从事非法活动的个人和实体具有吸引力。
“Cryptocurrencies are used for legal and illegal activities. However, it is more productive to focus on monitoring and improving the tools and resources available to law enforcement to distinguish between legal and illegal activities.” She added.
Dr. Wagman’s comments come on the heels of a dispute between the crypto community and lawmakers. Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal incorrectly attributed $130 million to cryptocurrency funding for Hamas, leading Senator Elizabeth Warren to call for tighter regulations. The Wall Street Journal later issued a correction. However, this isn’t the first time Senator Warren’s anti-crypto letters relied on questionable data. In August, she led a letter pushing for stricter tax reporting rules for cryptocurrency brokers to address a supposed “$50 billion crypto tax gap.
尽管如此，瓦格曼博士还谈到了一个重要的讨论点，那就是加密货币的内在价值。费特曼参议员质疑这些数字资产的价值从何而来，因为它们缺乏有形的支持。瓦格曼博士承认加密货币价值的抽象性质，但强调该技术的发展已经超出了质疑其合法性的程度。
“足够多的人认为有价值，他们在上面花钱，当然，毫无疑问，非法行为者也在利用它，”她继续说道。
