In testimony before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets, SEC Director of Enforcement Gurbir S. Grewal stated that the Division is focusing enhanced resources on protecting investors in digital asset markets.
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House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC) asked FINRA and the SEC for information on the process used to approve the application of the first "special purpose broker-dealer" eligible to transact and provide custody for digital asset securities.
House Financial Services Subcommittee Chair Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) requested information from the SEC and FINRA on their efforts to address "serious" national security issues raised by broker-dealers that have ownership connections to the Chinese Communist Party.
House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn Thompson (R-PA) proposed legislation that would establish a digital asset framework and provide for related joint rulemaking from the CFTC and the SEC.
At a hearing before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen testified on the Financial Stability Oversight Council's 2021 Annual Report to Congress.