Watch the European Parliament's Public Hearing on Virtual Currencies
The Committee of Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) will engage in a public hearing to discuss virtual currencies, an event that takes place in the European Parliament today. The 90-minute session will include discussion among academics, prominent members of the European digital currency- and blockchain-space and representatives of the banking industry. Representatives of institutions: Wiebe Ruttenberg, European Central Bank (ECB), Directorate-General for Research; Olivier Salles, European Commission, FISMA B3. Representative of Academia: Primavera De Filippi, PhD, Centre national de la....
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