US senator calls for ban on elected officials issuing memecoins
Cointelegraph· Cointelegraph by Turner Wright· Jul 3, 2026 · 7:26 PM
The restriction proposed by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand would bar members of Congress, the US president and their spouses from “issuing or sponsoring their own digital assets.”
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