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A recent Senate hearing on crypto shows just how divided the congressional floor is on the world of digital assets. Some really think it has a lot to offer, while others just want to tear it down and keep investors locked up in a world of fear and tension. The Senate Is Split on Crypto Sherrod Brown – a democrat from Ohio and the head of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee – opened the discussion up with the following statement: What a difference a...

Kelly Loeffler – the CEO of Bakkt, the institutional crypto trading platform owned and governed by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) – has been hired to take over a temporarily vacant Senate seat.Can Kelly Loeffler Push Crypto in Government?Many see this maneuver as a positive step and believe that perhaps crypto will now have a friend in the U.S. Congress. Bakkt was first announced in late 2018, but it took nearly a full year for the platform to get off the ground. After several months of...