View the full video of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing on virtual currencies here.

The Present and Future Impact of Virtual Currency hearing taking place today at the US Senate will be webcasted live on C-SPAN3.

The Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs' Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance, and Subcommittee on Economic Policy will meet in open session.

This is the second of two hearings on digital currency this week, the first being held by the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs yesterday.

See below for a summary of each of the testimonies that are to be delivered at the hearing today.

CoinDesk will also be live tweeting the event. Stay tuned for updates after the hearing finishes.