Senate Ag Hearing
On November 30, the Senate Ag Committee held a hearing to consider the pending nominations of the Honorable Summer K. Mersinger for a second term as Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as well as Basil Ivanhoe Gooden to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development. The …
Read MoreHouse Financial Services Hearing
On November 15, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing entitled “Oversight of Prudential Regulators.” The witnesses in the hearing were: Michael Barr, Vice Chairman for Supervision, Federal Reserve (Fed) Martin Gruenberg, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Todd Harper, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Michael Hsu, Acting …
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On November 15, the House Financial Services Committee Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion held a hearing entitled “Crypto Crime in Context: Breaking Down the Illicit Activity in Digital Assets.” Witnesses in the hearing were: · Bill Hughes, Senior Counsel & Director of Global Regulatory Matters, ConsenSys · …
Read MoreCFTC EEMAC Hearing
On November 13, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (EEMAC) held a public meeting. The meeting covered the state of the power markets, discussion of metals markets with a specific focus on copper, and an update from the physical energy infrastructure subcommittee. Below is …
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