Financial Services
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 […]
Sophistication or Discrimination? How the Accredited Investor Definition Unfairly Limits Investment Access for the Non-Wealthy and the Need for Reform (U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets)
Hearing Sophistication or Discrimination? How the Accredited Investor Definition Unfairly Limits Investment Access for the Non-Wealthy and the Need for Reform Committee U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets Date February 8, 2023 Hearing Takeaways: The Private Offerings Market and the Role of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Accredited Investor […]
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 […]
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, […]
The Future of Digital Assets: Measuring the Regulatory Gaps in the Digital Asset Markets (U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development)
Hearing The Future of Digital Assets: Measuring the Regulatory Gaps in the Digital Asset Markets Committee U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Date May 10, 2023 Hearing Takeaways: The Current U.S. Digital […]
Examining Cannabis Banking Challenges of Small Businesses and Workers (U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs)
Hearing Examining Cannabis Banking Challenges of Small Businesses and Workers Committee U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Date May 11, 2023 Hearing Takeaways: U.S. Cannabis Policy: The hearing highlighted how the U.S.’s cannabis policy landscape has changed significantly in recent years. 37 states now have legal cannabis for medicinal purposes and […]
Putting the “Stable” in “Stablecoins:” How Legislation Will Help Stablecoins Achieve Their Promise (U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion)
Hearing Putting the “Stable” in “Stablecoins:” How Legislation Will Help Stablecoins Achieve Their Promise Committee U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion Date May 18, 2023 Hearing Takeaways: Stablecoins and Other Digital Forms of Money: The hearing focused on the growing popularity of stablecoins and other forms […]
The Future of Digital Assets: Providing Clarity for Digital Asset Spot Markets (U.S. House Committee on Agriculture)
Hearing The Future of Digital Assets: Providing Clarity for Digital Asset Spot Markets Committee U.S. House Committee on Agriculture Date June 6, 2023 Hearing Takeaways: The Current State of the Digital Assets Market: The hearing focused on the current regulatory environment for digital assets and ongoing trends within the digital assets space. Committee Members […]
The Future of Digital Assets: Providing Clarity for the Digital Asset Ecosystem (U.S. House Committee on Financial Services)
Hearing The Future of Digital Assets: Providing Clarity for the Digital Asset Ecosystem Committee U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Date June 13, 2023 Hearing Takeaways: Digital Assets Market Structure Discussion Draft Bill: The hearing largely focused on a recently proposed digital assets market structure discussion draft bill from U.S. House Committee on Financial […]