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How Capitol Hill is Reacting to Terra’s Collapse

Ron Hammond, director of government relations at The Blockchain Association, one of the crypto industry’s largest lobbying groups, discusses how Capitol Hill is reacting to the implosion of Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin UST, and why it might not be a popular topic among U.S. lawmakers.

May 17, 2022

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