{"id":583365,"date":"2023-07-29T05:19:42","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T04:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/?p=583365"},"modified":"2023-07-29T05:21:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T04:21:20","slug":"us-lawmaker-apple-app-store-crypto-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/us-lawmaker-apple-app-store-crypto-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Lawmakers Question Apple About App Store\u2019s Restrictive Crypto Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>Two U.S. lawmakers have written to Apple seeking info about App Store\u2019s policy for crypto-related apps.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The lawmakers wrote to CEO Tim Cook expressing concerns about the restriction of emerging tech like blockchains and NFTs.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Representatives Gus Bilirakis and Jan Schakowsky want to determine App Store\u2019s impact on American technological leadership.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Tech giant Apple is facing a bipartisan inquiry regarding the App Store\u2019s policies and guidelines regarding applications related to NFTs and the broader crypto space. Republican Congressman Gus Bilirakis and Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky penned a letter to CEO Tim Cook, seeking information about App Store\u2019s restrictive crypto policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Apple\u2019s Policies May Impact U.S Technological Leadership<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/bilirakis.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/bilirakis.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/23.07.28-apple-app-store-blockchain-letter_0.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">letter<\/a> to Apple CEO Tim Cook, Representative Gus Bilirakis and Jan Schakowsky who also serve as Chairman and Ranking Member of the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee, questioned App Store\u2019s guidelines, which according to them were potentially being used by the tech giant to restrict emerging technologies like blockchains.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawmakers asked Cook to share documents pertaining to Apple\u2019s policies for its iOS App Store, which they believe could be damaging the United States\u2019 superiority in emerging technologies. They noted that the company\u2019s support of blockchains, NFTs, and other distributed ledger technologies could benefit the country\u2019s tech industry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter to Tim Cook included a list of questions for Apple, including inquiries about the company\u2019s plans to develop apps using blockchain. The lawmakers also raised concerns about the tech firm\u2019s attempt to use App Store policies to increase its revenue at the expense of crypto-related applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>It is essential that Congress fully understand the App Store Guidelines and the extent these guidelines limit innovation and American technology leadership.\u201d <\/p><cite>Chairman Bilirakis and Ranking Member Schakowsky<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawmakers gave Apple till August 14 to respond to their inquiry regarding App Store\u2019s crypto policies. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/coinbase-vip-access-gets-283-applicants\/\">Coinbase\u2019s<\/a> Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal recently took to Twitter to praise the bipartisan initiative by Bilirakis and Schakowsky. Kristin Smith, the Chief Executive of the crypto advocacy group Blockchain Association, also welcomed the lawmaker\u2019s inquiry into App Store\u2019s restrictive policies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis and Jan Schakowsky have penned a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook expressing concerns about App Store&#8217;s restrictive crypto policies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":583367,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[826,17,2,108339],"tags":[422,65,5525,48,108184,7472],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583365"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583365"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":583370,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583365\/revisions\/583370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}