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Speakers prepare to tell US House Financial Services Committee about stablecoins

18.4.2023
Five experts will testify at a hearing titled “Understanding Stablecoins’ Role in Payments and the Need for Legislation,” with two of them releasing their scripts in advance

Congressional Republicans Criticize SEC Chair Gary Gensler's Crypto Approach Ahead of Hearing

18.4.2023
Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee sent a letter criticizing Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler and his repeated entreaties to crypto companies to "come in and register" moments before a congressional hearing on his agency

SEC Lays Its Cards on the Table With Assertion That DeFi Falls Under Securities Rules

17.4.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) warning shot last week that decentralized finance (DeFi) could be thrown into its expanding definition of what makes a securities exchange is the latest move to formalize what Chairman Gary Gensler has been saying: Crypto belongs in the securities...

Fed Chair Powell Provides Update on US Central Bank Digital Currency

10.3.2023
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has provided an update on the Fed’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) work in a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee. While stating that the Fed is “making progress on technological issues,” Powell stressed that...

House Digital Assets Panel Chair Ready to Work With Ag Committee on Crypto Framework

2.3.2023
Representative French Hill (R-Ark.) is the chairman of the newly-formed Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets

House Republicans Demand Answers From SEC Over FTX Co-Founder’s Arrest

12.2.2023
On Feb. 10, 2023, Republicans Patrick McHenry of North Carolina and Bill Huizenga of Michigan, both members of the U.S. House of Representatives, sent a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler seeking answers about the arrest of FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried...

US Lawmakers Create ‘Congress’ First Ever’ Digital Assets Subcommittee

15.1.2023
U.S. Congress’ “first ever” subcommittee on digital assets has been created as part of the House Financial Services Committee. “We want to create a regulatory legal framework for digital assets … that makes America a leader from an innovation point of view but also protects...

New House Financial Services Committee chair wants to delay crypto tax changes

16.12.2022
U.S. Republican Representative Patrick McHenry called for clarification on a “poorly” written digital asset tax provision in a letter to the Treasury

Incoming House Financial Services Committee Chair Asks Secretary Yellen to Delay Crypto Tax Provision

15.12.2022
Rep. Patrick McHenry, the soon-to-be chair of the House Financial Services Committee, wrote a public letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen asking her to delay the implementation of the tax provision in last year's infrastructure law

Sam Bankman-Fried says he will testify before the US House Financial Services Committee remotely

12.12.2022
The former CEO previously missed the deadline to confirm his appearance before the Senate Banking Committee, despite the threat of a subpoena

House Financial Services Chief Waters Not Planning to Subpoena Sam Bankman-Fried: Report

7.12.2022
A hearing on what happened to FTX is scheduled to take place on Tuesday

US House Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters Says it is ‘Imperative’ That Sam Bankman-Fried Attends Hearing on 13 December After – This is What Happened

6.12.2022
The Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters has demanded Sam Bankman-Fried participate in the upcoming U.S. House committee’s hearing and testify on the collapse of his crypto empire. In a response to a tweet by Bankman-Fried that suggested he might not appear in the hearing,...

US House Committee to Investigate and Hold Bipartisan Hearing on FTX Collapse

16.11.2022
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee is planning to investigate the FTX collapse, according to a joint press release published by the committee’s chair Maxine Waters and representative Patrick McHenry. Furthermore, a congressional hearing is scheduled to take place in December, according...

Congressmen tell SEC redefining long-standing concepts would be bad for digital ecosystem

18.4.2022
Republican House Financial Services Committee members are resisting proposed changes to the 1934 Exchange Act in a letter to the Securities Exchange Commission

Federal Reserve Chairman Powell Says No Intention to Ban or Limit Use of Cryptocurrencies

2.10.2021
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell confirmed during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee that he has no intention to ban or limit the use of cryptocurrencies. He also commented on the regulation of stablecoins. Powell Says ‘No Intention to Ban’ Crypto...

AOC, Pressley, Tlaib ‘Urge’ Biden to Replace Fed Chair With Someone Willing to Address ‘Climate Change’

1.9.2021
All the recent money creation from the Federal Reserve wasn’t enough, according to a few American bureaucrats, as three politicians from the House Financial Services Committee are urging U.S. president Biden to replace Fed chairman Jerome Powell with someone who will address “climate...