Virtual Currency & the Bitcoin Revolution

Preface; Opening Statement of Thomas R. Carper, Chairman, Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs. Hearing on "Beyond Silk Road: Potential Risks, Threats, & Promises of Virtual Currencies"; Statement of Jennifer Shasky Calvery, Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, U.S. Department of the Treasury. Hearing on "Beyond Silk Road: Potential Risks, Threats, & Promises of Virtual Currencies"; Statement of Mythili Raman, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice. Hearing on "Beyond Silk Road: Potential Risks, Threats, & Promises of Virtual Currencies"; Testimony of Edward Lowery III, Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Investigative Division, U.S. Secret Service. Hearing on "Beyond Silk Road: Potential Risks, Threats, & Promises of Virtual Currencies"; Testimony of Patrick Murck, General Counsel, the Bitcoin Foundation. Hearing on "Beyond Silk Road: Potential Risks, Threats, & Promises of Virtual Currencies"; Testimony of Jeremy Allaire, Chairman & CEO, Circle Internet Financial. Hearing on "Beyond Silk Road: Potential Risks, Threats, & Promises of Virtual Currencies"; Testimony of Jerry Brito, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Hearing on "Beyond Silk Road: Potential Risks, Threats, & Promises of Virtual Currencies"; Testimony of Ernie Allen, President & CEO, The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children. Hearing on "Beyond Silk Road: Potential Risks, Threats, & Promises of Virtual Currencies"; Statement of Anthony Gallippi, CEO, BitPay. Hearing on "The Present & Future Impact of Virtual Currency"; Testimony of Mercedes Kelley Tunstall, Partner & Practice Leader, Privacy & Data Security Group, Ballard Spahr LLP. Hearing on "The Present & Future Impact of Virtual Currency"; Statement of Sarah Jane Hughes, University Scholar & Fellow in Commerical Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law. Hearing on "The Present & Future Impact of Virtual Currency"; Statement of Paul Smocher, BITS President, Financial Services Roundtable. Hearing on "The Present & Future Impact of Virtual Currency"; Testimony of David J. Cotney, Commissioner of Banks, Massachusetts Division of Banks. Hearing on "The Present & Future Impact of Virtual Currency"; Index.