WATCH: Breaking Down the Libra Hearings
The Senate Committee hearing on Facebook’s Libra is happening now and CoinDesk LIVE is here to keep you up to date on the the current state of Facebook’s foray into cryptocurrency.
Please join us live at CoinDesk’s studios as we talk to six experts on crypto, government, and Facebook’s efforts. We’ll be streaming these discussions right here.
Related: Watch the Facebook Libra Hearing Live
Our Schedule
11:30am Joel Telpner, Chair of Fintech and Blockchain Practice Group, at Sullivan & Worcester LLP.
12:15pm Jeff Bandman, Lecturer in Global Affairs at Yale University, and a former fintech advisor at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) where he spun up LabCFTC, the agency’s in-house team dedicated to emerging technologies.
2pm: Jake Benson is a long-time industry entrepreneur and the CEO and Founder of Lukka, a comprehensive tool for calculating capital gains taxes for cryptocurrency.
Related: Facebook’s Libra Should Be Regulated Like a Security, Says Former CFTC Chair
3pm: Juan Llanos, former fintech and regtech lead at ConsenSys and a legal advisor to the Bitcoin Foundation.
4pm: Nisa Amoils is a Venture Capital Investor and securities lawyer focused on the convergence of blockchain and finance. She also wrote the book “WTF is happening – Women Tech Founders on the Rise.”
5pm: Joshua Ashley Klayman Kuzar, founder and CEO, Klayman LLC and Inflection Point Blockchain Advisors, and one of the best known cryptocurrency lawyers.
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