On Wednesday, December 08, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. (ET) full Committee Chairwoman Waters and Ranking Member McHenry will host a virtual hearing entitled, “Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: Understanding the Challenges and Benefits of Financial Innovation in the United States." - - - - - - - - Witnesses for this one-panel hearing will be: • Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle • Samuel Bankman-Fried, Founder and CEO, FTX • Brian P. Brooks, CEO, Bitfury Group • Charles Cascarilla, CEO and co-Founder, Paxos Trust Company • Denelle Dixon, CEO and Executive Director, Stellar Development Foundation • Alesia Jeanne Haas, CEO, Coinbase Inc. and CFO, Coinbase Global Inc.