Argentine lawmakers ask government for policy measures on cryptocurrency mining

According to Cryptonews, citing Parlamentario, Martín Berhongaray, a member of the Radical Civic Union (the second largest party in the Argentine Congress and part of the ruling "Shared Change" coalition), recently submitted a request to the government on issues related to cryptocurrency mining, requesting information on the environmental and financial consequences of token mining.

The lawmaker wants to know whether the executive branch is "studying and preparing measures" to avoid adverse effects related to the "technical phenomenon of cryptocurrencies," including in areas such as energy, the environment, finance and tax policies.