Ripple CEO, ex-US regulators to address market structure at Senate hearing

The hearing will come after the US Senate passed legislation to address stablecoin regulation and Republican House leadership said they would handle three bills starting on Monday.

As the United States Congress weighs key legislation that could reshape the regulatory framework for digital assets, top crypto executives, policy advocates and former regulators are set to testify before the Senate Banking Committee.

On Wednesday, lawmakers with the US Senate Banking Committee will hear from Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) member and Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger, former CFTC Chair Timothy Massad, Chainalysis CEO Jonathan Levin, and others to address digital asset markets.

The hearing will mark one of the first times US lawmakers could offer a preview of how the Senate will handle a crypto market structure bill after its leadership said it aimed to pass legislation by October.

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