The congressional hearing on cryptocurrencies is underway at 10:00 a.m. EST. The United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will conduct a session entitled “Examining Regulatory Frameworks for Digital Currencies and Blockchain.”
Three expert witnesses will join the panel: Jeremy Allaire, co-founder and chief executive office of Circle, on behalf of The Blockchain Association; Rebecca M. Nelson, specialist in international trade and finance, congressional research service; and Mehrsa Baradaran, professor of law, University of California, Irvine School of Law.
They discuss crypto regulations, the unbanked, blockchain entrepreneurs, crypto-friendly jurisdictions that are attracting top talent, countries that are cracking down on crypto and territories that are losing blockchain developers due to regulatory uncertainty.
You can watch the hearing live here.
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