Marhsa Blackburn (R-TN), the longest-serving United States Senator representing the state of Tennessee, will communicate on the Nationwide Press Membership in Washington D.C. for the second-annual Bitcoin Coverage Summit hosted by the Bitcoin Coverage Institute (BPI).
In keeping with a press launch despatched to Bitcoin Journal, Blackburn will take part in a fireplace chat centered on the present panorama of digital asset coverage, tackling commonly-held misconceptions, regulatory challenges, in addition to the long run route of Bitcoin and digital belongings in the USA.
Blackburn served as a U.S. Home of Representatives member for Tennessee’s seventh District from 2003-2019 and commenced her tenure as Senator in 2019 till the current. Blackburn is at present the state’s senior Senator and the dean of Tennessee’s congressional delegation. In 2022, Blackburn co-sponsored an modification to the Cybersecurity Info Sharing Act of 2015 alongside Senator Lummis (R-WY), a vocal Bitcoin supporter. The modification sought to increase voluntary information reporting from crypto firms with the intention to facilitate identification and response to cybersecurity threats within the business.
“Senator Blackburn’s participation underscores the rising significance of Bitcoin in the true financial system and the need of getting its regulation proper” Grant Mccarty, co-founder of BPI mentioned in a press release to Bitcoin Journal.
The inaugural Bitcoin Coverage Summit in 2023 featured outstanding policymakers together with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Home Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN). Bitcoin business leaders and human rights activists have been additionally in attendance – amongst them: Roya Mahboob (CEO and Co-Founder, Digital Citizen Fund), Alex Gladstein (Chief Technique Officer, Human Rights Basis) and Jack Mallers (CEO, Strike).
This 12 months’s Summit will probably be held on the Nationwide Press Membership in Washington D.C. and contains Avik Roy (President, Basis for Analysis On Equal Alternative), Mike Brock (CEO of Block’s TBD), Sarah Kreps (Director, Cornell Brooks Tech Coverage Institute) and Matthew Pines (Director, Safety Advisory at Sentinel One). The complete speaker checklist will be considered right here.
Bitcoin Journal, in collaboration with BPI, will livestream the Summit through social media together with Twitter (X) and YouTube.
To be taught extra in regards to the Bitcoin Coverage Summit, go to https://www.btcpolicysummit.org/.
