The U.S. Senate will host a hearing on blockchain's energy use and whether the tech can be used to protect infrastructure next week.
The U.S. policymakers will look into potential risks that digital currencies could pose to the American democracy.
CoinDesk recaps Tuesday's U.S. Senate hearing, in which two major regulatory agencies testified as to their abilities to oversee the crypto market.
A hearing at the U.S. Senate Tuesday saw top lawmakers debate the need for new legislation to increase crypto industry oversight.
The heads of the SEC and the SEC are set to testify on cryptocurrencies before Congress next week.
A Minnesota senator is leading a new PR effort aimed at increasing awareness of bitcoin among merchants and consumers.
US Senator Joe Manchin suggests the US should not fall behind by failing to act aggressively against bitcoin.
Government came out in support of FinCEN's guidance yesterday. But don't stop now, they added.
US Senator Tom Carper has called on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to clarify its position on bitcoin.
A key US Senator who steered a committee hearing on virtual currency has identified "good things" in bitcoin.
It's a legal requirement for journalists to write an end-of-year roundup, and John Law is nothing if not law-abiding.
Matt Mihaly, a huge Bitcoin fan, responds to Alan Greenspan's comments that the currency has "no intrinsic value".
If you want to say when bitcoin got big, you could do a lot worse than picking this week.
Yesterday's banking subcommittee hearing in the Senate included many suggestions that bitcoin should be regulated.
Speakers suggested that bitcoin could be regulated as a commodity at a Senate Banking hearing today.