Decentralized finance protocols should be seen as “critical infrastructure” to United States national and economic security, according to Polygon’s legal team.
Neutral, decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols should be designated as “critical infrastructure” and overseen by federal cybersecurity agencies in the United States, according to a newly proposed regulatory framework from the legal team behind Polygon Labs.
On Jan. 29, Rebecca Rettig and Katja Gilman from Polygon Labs and emergent technology law firm Arktouros co-founder Michael Mosier, published “A Conceptual Framework for Combating Illicit Finance Activity in Decentralized Finance.”
The 45-page paper suggests designating truly decentralized DeFi protocols as critical infrastructure which would be overseen by the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection (OCCIP).
