Consensus 2024

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June 19, 2024

Patrick McHenry Explains FIT21’s Passage

Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) chairs the powerful House Financial Services Committee, and has been the leading Republican on the panel for years. Last year, he spent a few weeks as the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives, after lawmakers voted to oust then-speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). McHenry announced his retirement in December and will leave office when his term expires this coming January. He spoke virtually at Consensus 2024 in Austin at the end of May.

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May 31, 2024

Meet the Citizens of Consensus

Last year, the Association for Women in Crypto ran an inclusion survey of 500 people across 200 crypto firms that found around 80% of women in the industry felt either sexually, mentally or physically unsafe at work. Nearly 50% of men responded the same way. “Crypto scored lower than tech, generally,” AWC founder and CEO Amanda Wick said, although she […]

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May 30, 2024

A16z Boosts Crypto’s Election Fund by Another $25M to Seek Friendly Congress

A $25 million donation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) hit the campaign coffers of the industry’s U.S. political action committee (PAC), according to a Thursday announcement from the firm, putting the amount raised by some of crypto’s biggest names at about $136 million and potentially elevating the sector to the upper echelon of campaign donors.