In a hearing today on cryptocurrencies, members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs heard testimony from two witnesses: an advocate who defended the merits of the technology and a critic who called crypto the “mother of all scams.” During the hour-long hearing, Peter Van Valkenburgh of research organization Coin Center and NYU economist Nouriel Roubini discussed topics...
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