Maxine Waters

House Democrats Form Cryptocurrency Working Group

The announcement came in a hearing about central bank digital currencies.

News  ·  15 June 2021
OCC

Waters Tells Biden to Rescind OCC Crypto Guidance; May Be Part of Anti-Trump, Anti-Crypto Offensive

The head of the House Financial Services Committee wants President-elect Biden to to rescind guidance by the OCC that national banks may hold stablecoin reserves as a service to bank customers.

Policy & regulation  ·  4 December 2020
Libra

Rep. Waters Says Congress Will Continue Review of Facebook’s Libra

Congresswoman Maxine Waters announced a tentative schedule for this fall including a continued review of Facebook's Libra initiative.

Markets  ·  23 August 2019
Facebook

Rep. Waters: US Can’t Let Facebook’s Crypto ‘Compete With the Dollar’

Appearing on CNBC Thursday, the chair of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee doubled down on her calls for Facebook to halt Libra development.

Markets  ·  20 June 2019
Regulation

Halt Libra? US Lawmakers Call for Hearings on Facebook’s Crypto

House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters asked Facebook to halt development of its Libra crypto until hearings can be held.

Policy & regulation  ·  18 June 2019