Reminder: Another Senate Hearing on Bitcoin Today at 3:30PM
Monday's Senate hearing on Bitcoin was, overall, positive for the digital currency. Today, we're expecting yet another hearing. It's being held by the U. S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. The time? 3:30PM. Titled "The present and future impact of virtual currency", the hearing will have witnesses on two panels: Panel I: Ms. Jennifer Shasky Calvery, Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (she also testified at Monday's hearing): and Mr. David Cotney, Commissioner of Banks, Massachusetts Division of Banks. And Panel II: Mr. Anthony Gallippi, Co-founder and....
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View the full video of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing on virtual currencies here. The Present and Future Impact of Virtual Currency hearing taking place today at the US Senate will be webcasted live on C-SPAN3. The Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs' Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance, and Subcommittee on Economic Policy will meet in open session. This is the second of two hearings on digital currency this week, the first being held by the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs....
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee will today be holding a hearing on Capitol Hill at 3PM Eastern time on the topic of Bitcoin. Titled "Beyond Silk Road: Potential Risks, Threats, and Promises of Virtual Currencies", the hearing will consist of two panels. One panel of witnesses will represent the U. S. Government, and the other will represent Bitcoin. From our post yesterday: Witnesses on the side of the federal government include Jennifer Shasky Calvery of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network at the U. S. Department of the Treasury, Mythili Ramanof the U.....
View the full video of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing on virtual currencies here. It was refreshing to see a Senate hearing kick off half an hour early for a change, and in a place with far more sitting room than room 538 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Just before 15:00 ET, while aides were still preparing that room for the two-hour session, Senator Jerry Moran posted a question on reddit: "I'm one of the Senators attending today's US Senate Banking Committee hearing related to bitcoin. What would you like me to know?" He wanted wider input on....
As announced last week, the French Senate met today in Paris to hold a hearing on bitcoin, it's benefits, and it's downsides. Reddit.com user 'mmitech' took the opportunity to post notes about what took place at the meeting the meeting here. According to the user's bullet points, it would appear as if the French government is keen to "catch up" with bitcoin. They don't clearly understand it yet, nor do they know how they'll regulate it, but they've recognized at this juncture that banning the digital currency is not an option. Overall, the French Senate's outlook on bitcoin seemed....
Read our earlier post about the French Senate Hearing's outcome here. Watch the videos below: