Senate Panel Told FTX Crash Not a ‘One-Off’ Amid Debate Over Tighter Crypto Regulation

Senate Panel Told FTX Crash Not a ‘One-Off’ Amid Debate Over Tighter Crypto Regulation
Sam Bankman-Fried testifies during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill, on Dec. 8, 2021. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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At a Senate hearing Wednesday on the collapse of crypto platform FTX, expert testimony provided differing views on the loosely regulated crypto industry, with some arguing it poses big risks to customers and financial stability and must be more tightly controlled or banned outright, while others calling for a softer touch.

The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs kicked off its hearing on in Washington on Dec. 14, with the panel’s chair opening the discussion by addressing agencies in the United States and the Bahamas for their roles in arresting and charging FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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