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Edgar 'Egay' Erice, born in 1960, is a Filipino politician from Caloocan and a member of the Liberal Party. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Santo Tomas. He entered public life through the Kabataang Barangay youth council in 1975, served as a Caloocan city councillor from 1995 to 2001 and as vice mayor from 2010 to 2013.
He represents Caloocan's 2nd district in the House of Representatives. He held the seat from 2001 to 2004 and from 2013 to 2022, and won it back in May 2025 for the 20th Congress.
On 23 September 2025 he filed House Bill 4792, the proposed Philippine Tokenization and Crypto Adoption Act of 2025. It would create a National Council on Digital Assets and Tokenized Investments to set a national framework for real-world asset tokenisation, crypto adoption, stablecoins, local and foreign exchanges, DeFi and retail crypto payments. The council would include citizens, overseas Filipino workers and civil society. He has presented the bill as a way to protect users from scams and cut remittance costs. It was the sixth blockchain-related bill filed in the 20th Congress and has been pending with the House Committee on Banks and Financial Intermediaries since September 2025.
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Filed House Bill 4792 in September 2025 to create a National Council on Digital Assets and Tokenized Investments and set a national framework for tokenisation, crypto adoption, stablecoins, exchanges and DeFi.
