In brief CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee today about crypto. Many commodities are agricultural products. Bitcoin derivatives clearly are not. Rostin Behnam, ...
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Before Senate, CFTC cites crypto as basis for biggest expansion since Dodd-Frank
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission wants to bring spot markets for cryptocurrencies into its regulatory regime, in what would potentially be its biggest expansion since the 2010 Dodd-Frank legis...
Treasury official behind stablecoin report to testify at Senate hearing next week
advertisement The Senate Banking Committee has released details ahead of its upcoming hearing on stablecoins, confirming the Treasury’s Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Nellie Liang as its s...
CFTC chair to testify at latest Senate hearing on digital assets
advertisement The Senate Agriculture Committee is holding a hearing on digital assets a week from today, and it’s calling the head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in to testif...
House and Senate hearings on stablecoins will spotlight official behind Treasury report: sources
Hearings on stablecoins before both the House and Senate in the next two weeks are scheduled to feature just one witness: The Treasury official spearheading recent work on stablecoins, sources tell Th...
Sen. Ben Luján Hospitalized Following Stroke, Threatening To Delay Democrats’ Agenda
Topline Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) was hospitalized after suffering a stroke Tuesday and underwent surgery to ease swelling from his brain, though he is expected to make a full recovery according to ...
US Senate slates hearing on stablecoins for February 15
advertisement Just days after the House of Representatives examines stablecoin regulation, the Senate will take its own look at the issue. The Senate Banking Committee has slated a February 15 hearing...
Krysten Sinema Censured By Arizona Democratic Party Over Her Refusal To Change Filibuster Rules
Topline Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) was censured by the Arizona Democratic Party Saturday, three days after she voted not to change Senate filibuster rules, crushing Democrats’ hopes of passing voti...
Senate Democrats Fail To Advance Voting Rights Bill — And Fall Short Of Changing Filibuster
Topline Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked Democrats from advancing a voting rights bill, and two moderate Democrats later rejected a bid to change the Senate’s filibuster rules so the party can ...
Drs. Fauci, Walensky testify before Senate on U.S. omicron response
[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The top health leaders in the U.S. will testify before the Senate on Tuesday about...
Watch Fed Chair Jerome Powell testify live at his Senate confirmation hearing
[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies Tuesday before the Senate Banking...
President Biden sends CFTC nominations to Senate
The White House has officially submitted President Joe Biden’s nominations to fill two seats at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with the upcoming departure of another commissioner. In a Frida...
President Biden is considering economists to fill Fed seats as leadership nominations move to Senate: Report
The White House is reportedly considering an Obama-era economic adviser and former Fed economist to fill the empty seats on the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System in 2022. According to ...