Visa, Goldman Sachs and Mick Mulvaney join leading blockchain trade association

Several leaders in banking, payments and politics are joining the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a major voice for the blockchain industry in Washington, D.C. 464 Total views.

On Wednesday, the Chamber of Digital Commerce announced the addition of Visa, Goldman Sachs and Six Digital Exchange to its executive committee.

Mick Mulvaney, a former White House Chief of Staff and a co-founder of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus will also be joining the chamber's board of advisors.

On the board, he will be joining a number of figures familiar to Cointelegraph's readers, including Don Tapscott of the Blockchain Research Institute and former CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo, who is now with the Digital Dollar Project.

It's important that when we have diverse views, because when you're working on public policy, your work impacts everybody.

So you need to make sure you really understand the full scope of an industry and how potential policy could impact everybody.

As to the addition of Visa and Goldman Sachs, it follows a continuing trend of greater crypto engagement by payments and banking giants.

Visa's head of crypto Cuy Sheffield said "Visa continuously explores new payment innovations like digital currencies and how they might be able to connect to or expand our existing network and products."

As to what the update means for crypto adoption more broadly, Boring told Cointelegraph "People are starting to understand the importance of blockchain technology in the global economy."