GameStop hearing has begun here, I'll be intermittently live tweeting if anything interesting

One thing so far, Waters announces this is the first of a series of hearings, and future ones will include regulators and policy discussions.

Remarkable pronunciation of "Dough-GEE-coin" from ranking member Patrick McHenry (R-NC)

McHenry taking the pose of a futurist triumphalist lauding the glories of financial innovation, tinged with a little populism

"We can't lock investors out of the rich possibilities of useless over-speculation!" McHenry, approximately