Libra is Washington's crypto wake-up call: A look back at a fireworks-filled July in digital asset policy

Well that was quite the July for crypto policy updates coming from Washington. In what typically is a fairly slow news month, there was no shortage of fireworks resulting in the aftermath of Facebook's Libra announcement. The initiative to launch "a new global money" prompted raised eyebrows and furrowed brows from U.S. elected officials and financial regulators across the globe.

As we enter the dog days of summer, we thought it'd be helpful to take a step back and review all that's transpired out of Washington over the past three weeks: