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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Taking Aim at Stablecoins, DeFi During Senate Banking Committee Hearing

“The Hash” panel reacts to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) criticizing stablecoins and decentralized finance (DeFi) in a Tuesday hearing with the Senate Banking Committee. Are stablecoins truly the lifeblood of DeFi, as Warren suggests, and without them, would open finance collapse as we know it?

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Sen. Warren Taking Aim at Stabelcoins During Senate Banking Committee Hearing

The Senate’s Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee convened Tuesday to discuss stablecoins and the wider cryptocurrency space. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) takes aim at stablecoins, saying it’s “propping up one of the shadiest parts of the crypto world…where consumers are least protected from getting scammed.”

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Why Bitcoin Is ‘In a Great Moment’ Despite Tumbling Ahead of Fed Meeting

Marcelo Sampaio, CEO & co-founder of crypto asset manager Hashdex, discusses his bullish outlook for bitcoin despite investor jitters growing over the upcoming Fed decision on combating inflation. Plus, the state of crypto in Latin America and thoughts on stablecoins following Tuesday's Senate Banking Committee hearing.

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What to Expect From Tuesday’s Senate Banking Committee Hearing on Stablecoins

The U.S. Senate’s Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday focused on the use cases and risks of stablecoins. CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De discusses the possible outcomes and impact on crypto regulation.

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What Are the Biggest Risks of Stablecoins?

As the crypto industry anticipates the Senate Banking Committee to conduct a hearing on stablecoins, Ryan Clements, assistant professor at the University of Calgary Faculty of Law, shares insights into the risks, regulations, and wider state of stablecoins. Plus, his take on the use cases of algorithmic stablecoins and economic incentives of LUNA.

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Senate Banking Committee to Hold Stablecoin Hearing Tuesday

With a Senate Banking Committee hearing about stablecoins tomorrow, CoinDesk Managing Editor for Global Policy and Regulation Nikhilesh De shares his insights and what key information investors should be looking for in the hearing.

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Sen. Lummis on Crypto: ‘We Will Continue to Educate’

CoinDesk Managing Editor for Global Policy and Regulation Nikhilesh De speaks with Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), a top 10 winner of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2021.

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Banks Stablecoin Project, Watch for Fed Taper in 2022

Binance Asia Services takes an 18% stake in HG Exchange. Korea’s Shinhan Bank and South Africa’s Standard Bank show off stablecoin project. Fed tapering a potential crypto market catalyst in 2022. We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

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House Financial Services Committee Meets on Crypto Regulation

The House Financial Services Committee is hosting six crypto executives, including Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, and Coinbase Inc. CEO Alesia Haas today in a wide-ranging hearing on digital assets and stablecoins. “The Hash” panel discusses what to expect and the potential impact on the U.S. crypto regulatory landscape.

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