update:
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Next week there will be two days of hearings on the regulation of digital currencies at the New York Department of Financial Services.
link:
http://www.dfs.ny.gov/about/hearings/vc_01282014_indx.htmestimated livestream:
http://www.totalwebcasting.com/view/?id=nysdfsLocation: 90 Church Street, 4th Floor Board Room, New York, NY
Full lineup of speakers:
Tuesday, January 28thPanel 1 (11:30am - 1:30pm) – The Investor Perspective: The Future of Virtual Currencies
· Barry Silbert – Founder & CEO of SecondMarket and Founder of the Bitcoin Investment Trust
· Jeremy Liew – Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
· Fred Wilson – Partner, Union Square Ventures
· Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss – Principals, Winklevoss Capital Management
Panel 2 (2:30pm - 4:30pm) – Virtual Currencies and Regulation in an Evolving Landscape
· Charles Lee – Creator of Litecoin
· Judie Rinearson – Partner, Bryan Cave
· Carol Van Cleef – Partner, Patton Boggs
· TBD Additional Witnesses
Wednesday, January 29thPanel 1 (10:00am – 11:00am) – Law Enforcement and Virtual Currencies
· Cyrus R. Vance, Jr – District Attorney of New York County
· Richard B. Zabel – Deputy U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Panel 2 (11:30am - 1:30pm) – Virtual Currency Commerce and Consumer Protections
· Fred Ehrsam – Co-Founder, Coinbase
· Jeremy Allaire – Founder & CEO, Circle Internet Financial
· TBD Representative of Overstock.com
Panel 3 (2:30pm – 4:00pm) – The Academic View on Virtual Currencies
· Ed W. Felten – Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs, and Director of the Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University
· Susan Athey – Professor of Economics, Stanford University