U.S. Congressional Caucuses in the 117th Congress
The following reports are published by the U.S. government as well as the private sector.
New:
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- The Role of Cryptocurrency in the Failures of Silvergate, Silicon Valley, and Signature Banks – 4/25/23 – Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Central Bank Digital Currencies – 4/20/23 – Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Regulation by Enforcement (PDF) – Brummer, Yadav and Zaring on SSRN
- Challenges with Identifying Minors Online – 3/2/23 – Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Blockchain Technologies
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- Guidelines for Improving Blockchain’s Environmental, Social and Economic Impact – Insight Report, April 2023 (30 pages, PDF) – weforum.org
- Blockchain: Novel Provenance Applications – Kristen Busch – last updated – 4/12/22 – Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Technology Assessment: Blockchain Emerging Technology Offers Benefits for Some Applications but Faces Challenges – March 2022 – General Accounting Office
- Framework for “Investment Contract” Analysis of Digital Assets – Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Blockchain: Background and Policy Issues, by Chris Jaikaran – 2/28/18 – CRS
- Beyond Bitcoin: Emerging Applications for Blockchain Technology, by Chris Jaikaran – 2/14/18 – CRS
- What is blockchain? – Euromoney
- Making sense of bitcoin, cryptocurrency and blockchain – PwC
- What is a smart contract? – National Law Review
Non-Financial Blockchain Applications
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- Blockchain Technology and Agriculture, by Genevieve K. Croft – 5/12/21 – Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Bitcoin, Blockchain, and the Energy Sector, by Corrie E. Clark and Heather L. Greenley – 8/9/19 – CRS
- Blockchain and International Trade, by Rachel F. Fefer – 6/25/19 – CRS
- 7 uses for blockchain that have nothing to do with Bitcoin – AICPA
Digital Wallets
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- Digital Wallets and Selected Policy Issues – Paul Tierno, Andrew P. Scott – 4/18/22 – CRS
- What is a crypto wallet? – Coinbase
NFT (Non-Fungible Token)
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- The Metaverse: Concepts and Issues for Congress – 8/26/22 – CRS
- Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) – 7/20/22 – CRS
- Digital Assets and SEC Regulation, by Eva Su – 6/23/21 – Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Pandemics, Payments, and (Digital) Property [Archived], by Andrew P. Scott – 3/10/21 – CRS
- What is an NFT? – Forbes
- What is the Metaverse? – Wired
- Building The Metaverse Responsibly – Meta
Tokenization
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- Money, Tokens, and Games: Blockchain’s Next Billion Users and Trillions in Value (PDF) – Citi
CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency)
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- Financial Innovation: Central Bank Digital Currencies, by Marc Labonte, Rebecca M. Nelson, and David W. Perkins – 3/20/20 – Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- The U.S. Dollar as the World’s Dominant Reserve Currency – Rebecca Nelson,James Jackson, Martin Weiss – CRS
- Project Hamilton Phase 1 Executive Summary – Boston Fed and MIT
- Cryptocurrency
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- Cryptocurrency: Selected Policy Issues (PDF)” – 2/15/23 – CRS
- Crypto and Banking (PDF) – 2/6/23 – CRS
- Recent Cryptocurrency Developments: Energy and Environmental Implications – 12/15/22 – CRS
- SEC Jurisdiction and Perceived Crypto-Asset Regulatory Gap: An FTX Case Study – 11/29/22 – CRS
- What Happened at FTX and What Does It Mean for Crypto? – 11/17/22 – CRS
- Fact Sheet: What the Public Needs to Know About FDIC Deposit Insurance and Crypto Companies – 7/28/22 – FDIC
- How the Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act (S. 4356) Would Alter the Crypto Regulatory Landscape – 7/22/22 – CRS
- Cryptocurrency in 401(k) Retirement Plans – 7/1/22 – CRS
- Stablecoins: Legal Issues and Regulatory Options (Part 1) – 6/9/22 – CRS
- Russia Sanctions and Cryptocurrencies: Policy Issues – 5/26/22 – CRS
- Russian Sanctions and Cryptocurrency – 5/4/22 – CRS
- Algorithmic Stablecoins and the TerraUSD Crash – 5/9/22 – CRS
- Cryptocurrency Legislation 2022 – 2022 – National Conference of State Legislatures
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Financial Services Disintermediation [Archived]: Policy Challenges, by Eva Su – 7/28/21 – Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Telegraphs, Steamships, and Virtual Currency: An Analysis of Money Transmitter Regulation, by Andrew P. Scott – 8/20/20 – CRS
- Virtual Currencies and Money Laundering: Legal Background, Enforcement Actions, and Legislative Proposals, by Jay B. Sykes and Nicole Vanatko – 4/3/19 – CRS
- International Approaches to Digital Currencies, by Rebecca M. Nelson – 12/19/18 – CRS
- CRS Legal Sidebar, CFTC and Virtual Currencies: New Court Rulings and Implications for Congress, by Nicole Vanatko – 12/6/18 – CRS
- Financial Innovation: Digital Assets and Initial Coin Offerings, by Eva Su – 10/17/18 – CRS
- Digital Currencies: Sanctions Evasion Risks, by Rebecca M. Nelson and Liana W. Rosen – 2/8/18 – CRS
- Bitcoin: Questions, Answers, and Analysis of Legal Issues, by Edward V. Murphy and M. Maureen Murphy – 12/2/15 – CRS
- Cryptocurrency 101 – CoinCenter
- Ethereum Guide for Beginners – CoinTelegraph
- What is Bitcoin – Investopedia
- How the Cryptocurrency Market is Connected to the Financial Market – SSRN
Web3
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- Web3: A Proposed Blockchain-Based, Decentralized Web – 4/1/22 – CRS
- What is Web3? – Harvard Business Review
- What Is Web 3 and Why Is Everyone Talking About It? – CoinDesk
Related to Blockchain Topics
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- Federal Reserve: Policy Issues in the 118th Congress – 1/6/23 – CRS
- Introduction to Financial Services: Derivatives – 1/5/23 – CRS
- Introduction to Financial Services: Financial Cybersecurity – 1/5/23 – CRS
- Digital Assets and Illicit Finance: E.O. 14067 and Recent Anti-Money Laundering Developments – 10/26/22 – CRS
- Federal Reserve: Master Accounts and the Payment System – 10/12/22 – CRS
- Crypto Assets and Property of the Bankruptcy Estate: An Analysis – 9/28/22 – CRS
- The U.S. Dollar as the World’s Dominant Reserve Currency – 9/19/22 – CRS
- El Salvador: In Brief – Clare Seelke, Joshua Klein – 4/29/22 – Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Overview of Correspondent Banking and “De-Risking” Issues, Rena S. Miller – 4/8/22 – CRS
- U.S. Efforts to Combat Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Other Illicit Financial Threats: An Overview, Rena Miller,Liana Rosen – 1/4/22 – CRS
- De-Dollarization Efforts in China and Russia, Rebecca Nelson, Karen Sutter – 7/23/21 – CRS
- International Financial Messaging Systems, by Liana Wong and Rebecca M. Nelson – 7/19/21 – CRS
- The Potential Decline of Cash Usage and Related Implications, David Perkins – 5/10/19 – CRS
Fintech
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- Bank Capital Requirements: A Primer and Policy Issues – 3/9/23 – Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Capital Markets: Overview and Selected Policy Issues in the 118th Congress – 2/17/23 – Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Financial Innovation: Reducing Fintech Regulatory Uncertainty, by David W. Perkins, Cheryl R. Cooper, and Eva Su – 4/25/19 – Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Financial Innovation: “Fintech”, by David Perkins – 11/23/16 – CRS
- Fintech: Overview of Innovative Financial Technology and Selected Policy Issues, Various – 4/28/20 – CRS
Status Reports
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- All Reports in Response to Executive Order 14067 on Digital Assets – last updated 10/6/22 – blockchain tipsheet
- The 2022 State of Crypto Report – Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
- State of Ethereum | Q1 2022 – Bankless
- State of U.S. Crypto 2021 – Gemini
- Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2021 – Federal Reserve
- Money and Payments: The U.S.Dollar in the Age of Digital Transformation (PDF – January 2022) – Federal Reserve
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