as securities and exchange commission chairman gary dangler testified before the senate banking committee. the fcc is under pressure to introduce some kind of regulation from both sides of the aisle with democrats and republicans uniting on the claim that the government needs to act in order to protect investors. but the agency has yet to say exactly what it plans to do with denzel are often referring to the crypto space as the wild, wild west, and essentially telling lawmakers we're working on it. and it's the threat of what the government could do that has many concern that it could have a significant impact on crypto users across the country. so joining us now to discuss, so host chris b. i and jeffrey tucker, president of the brownstone institute. christy, let's start with you here. so crypto currencies have skyrocketed in popularity over the last year. and lawmakers have spent the entire time talking about how they want regulation. so why do you think we keep hearing the same general statements from the fcc? isn't just a lack of direction here. it is a like a direction because of gre