Sarah Wynn
@ForTheWynn_
Senior reporter @TheBlockCo and @TheLatentCo focused on crypto and AI policy and regulation - @CQnow/@RollCall - @DJNF - @Mizzou grad - CHI✈️MO✈️MN ✈️ DC ✈️ NYC
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Curious to see what next week's midterms mean for crypto? Me too! 🙋♀️
Spoke with some folks, including @RonwHammond, to get their insight on how midterm elections could shake out for the industry:
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Spoke with SEC Commissioner @HesterPeirce the other day about a range of items as she wraps up her last week there at the agency.
She spoke about her work over the years, things she wish she could have done, financial surveillance, the role of intermediaries, developer protections… and how her future may not include baking sourdough bread. 🍞
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What a day 😮💨🤓
In a whirlwind of events during the Senate Banking Committee's vote to advance landmark crypto legislation on Thursday, the cryptocurrency industry is celebrating, ethics talks are continuing to progress, and some are criticizing the push as the bill now barrels toward a full Senate vote in the coming weeks. 👀
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The American Bankers Association and other bank trade groups released a statement post-Clarity vote in the Senate Banking Committee:
"The banking industry continues to believe that the Clarity Act should be strengthened further by tightening the prohibition on interest-like rewards for holding stablecoin while also allowing certain payment stablecoin transactions and activities to generate rewards."
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In a statement following today's Clarity markup in the Senate Banking Committee, @Sen_Alsobrooks (one of the two Dems who voted yes) says she voted yes to keep working on the bill, but that doesn't mean she will vote yes once the bill reaches the full Senate floor:
“Let me be very clear: my vote today is a vote to keep working in good faith. It does not mean I will be voting for the passage of the CLARITY Act on the floor. We still have work to do."
The full statement here:
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