Shaping Virginia’s Blockchain Future --The Joint Committee on Technology and Science
summary
Virginia creates a Joint Committee on Technology and Science Subcommittee on Blockchain that is half legislative, half private-sector with leadership by Senator Saleem and representatives from higher education, industry and nonprofits. The subcommittee is tasked with writing legislative proposals covering blockchain, digital asset mining and cryptocurrency; it holds briefings (May 7 covered crypto, stablecoins and market overviews) and schedules a public, streamed session next meeting July 23 at the General Assembly Building.
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- 0:00Eric’s opening and mention of a Signal replacement
- 0:17Introduction to the Virginia Joint Committee on Technology and Science
- 0:29Committee composition and leadership by Senator Saleem
- 0:55Mandate to analyze and propose blockchain legislation
- 1:23Recap of the first meeting on May 7
- 1:38Announcement of the next meeting on July 23
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