US Senate Meets Bitcoin Day 2
Today, the Bitcoin community entered into the halls of the US Senate once again, this time for a US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance. In his opening statement Senator Mark Warner began the hearing and discussed his first encounter with wireless telephones in the....
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What happens when the US Senate meets Bitcoin? Today and tomorrow, the US Senate will conduct two hearings to learn more about this skyrocketing in value, digital, decentralized cryptocurrency. Summoning representatives from the Bitcoin Foundation, BitPay, Circle, Ripple and additionally, representatives from FinCen, Academia and Financial Services Roundtable. Today, the Bitcoin Foundation and Circle will share the merits of Bitcoin at a 3pm EST Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing entitled, "Beyond Silk Road: Potential Risks, Threats, and Promises of Virtual....
What is Canada's place in regulating bitcoin? This is the theme running through the Canadian Senate's Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce's study on the use of digital currency. The Bitcoin Strategy Group, BitAccess and CAVirtEx sat before the senators on 9th April to demonstrate how bitcoin is purchased and stored. Their representation marks the first presence of bitcoiners in the Senate sphere. The Canadian Senate has already heard from the Bank of Canada, the Department of Finance, economic historians and other academics. On Thursday, April 10th, the committee will hear....
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