4th District Congressman Jim Himes is touting an executive order recently signed into law.  The order directs federal agencies to examine and report on U.S. policy around cryptocurrencies and digital assets.  Himes says this is a step toward creating a unified U.S. policy on digital assets.  He says their growth  has urgent ramifications in the national security arena as well as an impact on international and domestic financial institutions. The cryptocurrency environment has, to this point, remained largely unregulated.  But Himes says that lends itself to exploitation and poses risks to global financial stability.