Proposali think the has huge potential, and i think the challenges for the transaction of the exchange for services and so forth, today, still has lots of obstacles to be overcome, including that of security and privacy. Nonetheless, we look forward to observing and participating in this because i really do think it is the wave of the future. As senator tillis said, we are either going to be responding to it or actively involved and running from it. Thank you. Senator cortez . Senator thank you very much. We appreciate you being here and answering the questions. This is obviously very innovative for all of us and exciting. Have a couple of questions if you thought through some concerns many of us have. One for me is something i dealt with in nevada as the attorney generals the issue of Money Laundering. I know there is clear Regulatory Oversight we have now to address Money Laundering that comes in so many forms, but one is terrorist financing that moneylaundering supports. How will th
Free cspan radio app. Earlier today facebooks david marcus testified before the Senate Banking committee to address concerns over the companys proposed Digital Currency. This is 2 hours and 20 minutes. This hearing will come to order. Today we will receive testimony from david marcus, head of libra at facebook. On may 9, senator brown and i sent a letter to facebook shortly after it was reported that the company was recruiting Financial Institutions and online merchants to help launch a cryptocurrency based Payment System using its social network. Our letter asked facebook for more information about how the system would work. Its access to and use of Consumer Financial information, and facebooks access to and use of information on individuals or groups of individuals in credit, insure, employment or housing. I appreciate facebooks response last week. Shortly after the letter was sent, facebook formally announce ds its intention to launch the Payment System libra and issued a white pape
Back over to you thats going to be a topic of more importance as we get through the back half of the year ylan, thank you. A move to crypto now, especially facebooks libra. The president took to twitter to say hes not a fan of bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies adding, quote, facebooks will have little standing or credibility. Libra a major topic on capitol hill during the fed chairs testimony. Take a listen. We agree that libra raises a lot of serious concerns. And those would include around privacy, money laundering, consumer protection, financial stability, and those are going to need to be thoroughly and publicly assessed and evaluated before this proceeds now weve got mark cuban sitting down with deirdre last night, saying that facebook is out over its skis. Im not a big fan of what theyre doing there. I think its a big mistake not so much because of what will happen here in the United States, but what will happen globally theres going to be some despot in some african country that
Free cspan radio app. Earlier today facebooks david marcus testified before the Senate Banking committee to address concerns over the companys proposed Digital Currency. This is 2 hours and 20 minutes. This hearing will come to order. Today we will receive testimony from david marcus, head of libra at facebook. On may 9, senator brown and i sent a letter to facebook shortly after it was reported that the company was recruiting Financial Institutions and online merchants to help launch a cryptocurrency based Payment System using its social network. Our letter asked facebook for more information about how the system would work. Its access to and use of Consumer Financial information, and facebooks access to and use of information on individuals or groups of individuals in credit, insure, employment or housing. I appreciate facebooks response last week. Shortly after the letter was sent, facebook formally announce ds its intention to launch the Payment System libra and issued a white pape
Director lai thank you. Just curious if any outside agencies or consultants are helping you with the reviewing of the various codes, because thats a pretty big undertaking to take to review . Yeah, what were working with the City Attorneys Office and one of the attorneys that is currently part of the Land Use Team was formerly general counsel for the port. So we have overlap there. That is very helpful. Director lai as you go through this code review process, id be curious to learn more about whether or not Something Like proposition k for the shadow studies would be triggered if we basically adopt the rec park rules. Whether or not who may be setting limits on net new shadow cast on open space, because as im thinking about this, were rolling out and opening new park space before a lot of the structures, the vertical development is going in, so under projectspecific review, that may be triggered. And im just not sure from our document whether that was all considered . Yeah, yeah. I hap