Senate Banking Cmte - From Wall Street to Web3: Building Tomorrow’s Digital Asset Markets

07.09.25 from
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/from-wall-street-to-web3-building-tomorrows-digital-asset-markets

Digital Asset Markets: High-Level Summary
Digital asset markets are platforms for creating, trading, and managing blockchain-based assets like cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum), tokens, stablecoins, and NFTs.

Key Elements:
--Assets: Cryptocurrencies, utility/security tokens, stablecoins, NFTs.--Infrastructure: Centralized (e.g., Binance) and decentralized (e.g., Uniswap) exchanges, wallets, custodial services.
--Trading: Spot markets, derivatives, liquidity pools.
--Participants: Retail/institutional investors, miners/validators, developers.
--Regulation: Varies globally; focuses on AML, taxation, and asset classification.
--Dynamics: High volatility, growing liquidity, increasing adoption in DeFi and Web3.

Trends:
Rising DeFi, institutional investment, regulatory clarity, and blockchain interoperability. Markets are innovative but volatile and face regulatory challenges.

WITNESSES
The Honorable Summer Mersinger
CEO, Blockchain Association
https://www.banking.senate.gov/download/mersinger-testimony-7-9-25

Mr. Jonathan Levin
CEO, Chainalysis
https://www.banking.senate.gov/download/levin-testimony-7-9-25

Mr. Dan Robinson
General Partner, Paradigm
https://www.banking.senate.gov/download/robinson-testimony-7-9-25

Mr. Brad Garlinghouse
CEO, Ripple
https://www.banking.senate.gov/download/garlinghouse-testimony-7-9-25

The Honorable Timothy Massad
Research Fellow and Director of Digital Assets Policy Project of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, former CFTC Chairman
https://www.banking.senate.gov/download/massad-testimony-7-9-25

Mr. Richard Painter
S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, University of Minnesota Law School
Former Associate Counsel to the President and chief White House ethics lawyer
https://www.banking.senate.gov/download/painter-testimony-7-9-25

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