VIEW THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: http://www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=955322cc-d648-4a00-a41f-c23be8ff4cad ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE PRESENT AND FUTURE IMPACT OF VIRTUAL CURRENCY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Security and International Trade and Finance Tuesday, November 19, 2013 03:30 PM - 05:30 AM 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building [view archive webcast] COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE and SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC POLICY will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing entitled “The Present and Future Impact of Virtual Currency”. The witnesses on Panel I will be: Ms. Jennifer Shasky Calvery, Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; and Mr. David Cotney, Commissioner of Banks, Massachusetts Division of Banks. The witnesses on Panel II will be: Mr. Anthony Gallippi, Co-founder and CEO, BitPay, Incorporated; Ms. Mercedes Kelley Tunstall, Partner and Practice Leader, Privacy and Data Security Group, Ballard Spahr LLP; Ms. Sarah Jane Hughes, University Scholar and Fellow in Commercial Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law; and Mr. Paul Smocer, BITS President, Financial Services Roundtable. All hearings are webcasted live and will not be available until the hearing starts. Individuals with disabilities who require an auxiliary aid or service, including closed captioning service for webcast hearings, should contact the committee clerk at 202-224-7391 at least three business days in advance of the hearing date. Witnesses Panel 1 Ms. Jennifer Shasky Calvery [view testimony] Director Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Mr. David Cotney [view testimony] Commissioner of Banks Massachusetts Division of Banks Panel 2 Mr. Anthony Gallippi [view testimony] Co-founder and CEO BitPay, Incorporated Ms. Mercedes Kelley Tunstall [view testimony] Partner and Practice Leader, Privacy and Data Security Group Ballard Spahr LLP Ms. Sarah Jane Hughes [view testimony] University Scholar and Fellow in Commercial Law Maurer School of Law, University of Indiana Mr. Paul Smocer [view testimony] BITS President Financial Services Roundtable