It. I cant bear it. I cant bear it. All the more reason we should go to the pubs regularly. Yeah. Dont need many more reasons to, but let us know your thoughts this morning on all of our talking email us gb our talking points. Email us gb views. Gbnews. Com. But first, views. At gbnews. Com. But first, here the very latest news here is the very latest news with lisa hartle. Good morning. With lisa hartle. Good morning. Its 931. Im lisa hartle in the newsroom. Bbc channel 4 and the newsroom. Bbc channel 4 and Production Company bannau uk have launched internal investigate actions following Sexual Assault allegations against comedian Russell Brand. Against comedian Russell Brand. It comes after four women made separate allegations of Sexual Assault while brand was at the height of his popularity. Assault while brand was at the height of his popularity. The 48 height of his popularity. The 48 year old has been accused of rape and Sexual Assaults between 2006 and 2013. Russell brand denies
Virtual currencies are meant to act as a type of money that can be traded online exchanges for conditional conventional currencies such as dollars. Or use to purchase goods and services predominately online. Developers, businesses, and individuals are selling through selling Virtual Currencies through initial point offerings to raise capital. Year, manyst americans have become increasingly interested in Virtual Currencies especially given the meteor rise in valuation in recent fall bitcoin. Just for perspective, on january 2 last year, bitcoin broke the 1000 barrier and then peak in december at a way thousand dollars and as of this morning is trading at roughly 6,900. Today, the market capitalization of bitcoin is roughly 115 billion. Regulators and heads of industry educate investors. Part, the sec as put forth many statements and guideposts to help the markets and investors. Has issued sec bulletins on initial coin offerings. Theyve issued several enforcementbrought actions against f
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. This morning we will receive testimony from sec chairman and cftc chairman carlo with the Virtual Currency and the oversight connected by their two agencies. Welcome. Virtual currencies are meant to act as a money to be traded with the online exchanges such as dollars used to purchase goods or services predominately online. Additionally developers and individuals are selling one selling virtual coins also known as the ico to raise capital over the last year Many Americans have become increasingly interested in Virtual Currency given the rays of valuation with bitcoin it broke the 1000dollar barrier and then peaked december 2017 and almost 20000 as of this morning trading at roughly 6900. Today the market capitalization is roughly 115 billion. This is an incredible rise given in 2013 when this committee had subCommittee Hearings the total value in circulation was approximately 5 billion. As Virtual Cur
Do not use it to say other communities matter but to really focus on black people and be of solidarity. Watch afterwards on cspan to book tv. A hearing on efforts to regulate Virtual Currencies. With the securities and exchange commission. On actions taken by their agencies. Its just under two hours. The committee will come to order. This morning we will receive testimonies from sec chairman. And cft chairman chris giancarlo. On the growing world of Virtual Currencies and what is shown in their two currencies. Type of money that can be traded. We are used to purchase goods predominately online. They are selling virtual coins or tokens to initial coin offerings also known as icos to raise capital. Especially given that meteoric rise in valuation. Just for perspective on january it broke the 1,000 barrier and then peaked in december of 2017 as of this morning is trading at roughly 6,900. The market capitalization is a roughly 115 billion. This is an incredible rise and given that in 2013
See certain the Congressional Black Caucus foundation discussion is available on cspan. Org. Well leave this and take you to a discussion in washington on financial regulations and their role in the u. S. Economy. Youll hear from robert cook, president and chief executive officer of the financial industry regulatory authority. Live coverage here on cspan3. Robert and i talking about developments. Were going to have you, the audience, become part of the discussion. Let me take a minute or two to discuss or frame our discussion and then introduce robert. A regulator of central importance although not widely understood and a lot of people dont know a lot of things about it. It is commonly called a Self Regulatory Organization or sro. Its a delaware not for profit corporation. It is not a Government Agency. Yet, it is important in terms of its size and scope. It has a budget of approximately 1 billion which compares to the s. E. C. s budget of 1. 6 billion. It has approximately 3,500 emplo