Blockchain Technology, Cryptocurrencies, and Digital Currencies
Legislative Hearing to Review S.4760, the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act (U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry)
Hearing Legislative Hearing to Review S.4760, the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act Committee U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Date September 15, 2022 Hearing Takeaways: The Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022: The hearing mainly focused on the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022. This bipartisan legislation would provide the […]
Under the Radar: Alternative Payment Systems and the National Security Impacts of Their Growth (U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy)
Hearing Under the Radar: Alternative Payment Systems and the National Security Impacts of Their Growth Committee U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy Date September 20, 2022 Hearing Takeaways: Alternative Payment Systems: The hearing largely focused on how other countries were pursing alternative payment systems to […]
Securing U.S. Leadership in Emerging Compute Technologies (U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation)
Hearing Securing U.S. Leadership in Emerging Compute Technologies Committee U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Date September 29, 2022 Hearing Takeaways: Innovative Technologies: The hearing mainly focused on the U.S.’s efforts to promote innovative technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), high performance computing (HPC), quantum information science (QIS), blockchains, and distributed ledger technology […]
Why Congress Needs to Act: Lessons Learned from the FTX Collapse (U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry)
Hearing Why Congress Needs to Act: Lessons Learned from the FTX Collapse Committee U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Date December 1, 2022 Hearing Takeaways: The Recent Collapse of FTX: The hearing focused on how hedge fund Alameda Research’s financial troubles had caused cryptocurrency exchange FTX and most of its affiliated companies […]
Investigating the Collapse of FTX, Part I (U.S. House Committee on Financial Services)
Hearing Investigating the Collapse of FTX, Part I Committee U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Date December 13, 2022 Hearing Takeaways: The Collapses of FTX and Alameda Research: The hearing focused on the recent collapses of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its affiliated hedge fund Alameda Research (which was owned by former FTX CEO Sam […]
Crypto Crash: Why the FTX Bubble Burst and the Harm to Consumers (U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs)
Hearing Crypto Crash: Why the FTX Bubble Burst and the Harm to Consumers Committee U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Date December 14, 2022 Hearing Takeaways: The Recent Collapse of FTX and Alameda Research: The hearing largely focused on exploring the recent failures of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its affiliated trading […]
Crypto Crash: Why Financial System Safeguards are Needed for Digital Assets (U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs)
Hearing Crypto Crash: Why Financial System Safeguards are Needed for Digital Assets Committee U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Date February 14, 2023 Hearing Takeaways: Cryptocurrency Concerns: Committee Members and the hearing’s witnesses used the hearing to raise several concerns over the state of the cryptocurrency space and the policies that […]
Air, Climate, and Environmental Impacts of Crypto-Asset Mining: Legislative Hearing on S___, The Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act of 2023 (U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety)
Hearing Air, Climate, and Environmental Impacts of Crypto-Asset Mining: Legislative Hearing on S___, The Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act of 2023 Committee U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety Date March 7, 2023 Hearing Takeaways: Cryptocurrency Mining: The hearing focused on the growth of cryptocurrency mining, […]
Coincidence or Coordinated? The Administration’s Attack on the Digital Asset Ecosystem (U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion)
Hearing Coincidence or Coordinated? The Administration’s Attack on the Digital Asset Ecosystem Committee U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion Date March 9, 2023 Hearing Takeaways: Merits and Concerns Regarding Digital Assets: The hearing included several debates regarding whether the U.S. should further pursue digital assets. Subcommittee […]
Understanding Stablecoins’ Role in Payments and the Need for Legislation (U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion)
Hearing Understanding Stablecoins’ Role in Payments and the Need for Legislation Committee U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion Date April 19, 2023 Hearing Takeaways: Development of Stablecoin Legislation: Subcommittee Chairman French Hill (R-AR) stated that the hearing’s purpose was to resume the Committee’s efforts to develop […]
The Future of Digital Assets: Identifying the Regulatory Gaps in Spot Market Regulation (U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development)
Hearing The Future of Digital Assets: Identifying the Regulatory Gaps in Spot Market Regulation Committee U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Date April 27, 2023 Hearing Takeaways: The Current State of the U.S. Digital Assets Market: The hearing considered the current state of the U.S. digital […]
The Future of Digital Assets: Identifying the Regulatory Gaps in Digital Asset Market Structure (U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion)
Hearing The Future of Digital Assets: Identifying the Regulatory Gaps in Digital Asset Market Structure Committee U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion Date April 27, 2023 Hearing Takeaways: Regulatory and Legal Uncertainty for Digital Assets: Subcommittee Republicans, some Subcommittee Democrats, Ms. Belcher, Mr. Gorfine, Mr. Rivera, […]