Full Committee Hearing

Crypto Crash: Why Financial System Safeguards are Needed for Digital Assets

Date:   Tuesday, February 14, 2023 Time:   10:30 AM Location:   Dirksen Senate Office Building 538

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Topic

THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS  will meet in OPEN SESSION, HYBRID FORMAT to conduct a hearing entitled, “Crypto Crash: Why Financial System Safeguards are Needed for Digital Assets.” The witnesses will be: Mr. Lee Reiners, Policy Director, Duke Financial Economics Center; Professor Linda Jeng, Visiting Scholar on Financial Technology, Georgetown Institute of International Economic Law; Adjunct Professor of Law; and Professor Yesha Yadav, Vanderbilt University Law School.

All hearings are webcast live and will not be available until the hearing starts. Individuals with disabilities who require an auxiliary aid or service, including closed captioning service for webcast hearings, should contact the committee clerk at 202-224-7391 at least three business days in advance of the hearing date.

Member Statements

  1. Chairman Sherrod Brown (D - Ohio)
  2. Ranking Member Tim Scott (R - South Carolina)

Witnesses

  1. Mr. Lee Reiners
    Policy Director
    Duke Financial Economics Center
  2. Professor Linda Jeng
    Visiting Scholar on Financial Technology, Adjunct Professor of Law
    Georgetown Institute of International Economic Law
  3. Professor Yesha Yadav
    Vanderbilt University Law School