AIP launches fellowship to place crypto experts in US Congress

The American Innovation Project (AIP), a non-profit organization backed by Coinbase and a16z, is launching a new fellowship program for recent college graduates to work with U.S. lawmakers as the Republican-led Congress advances comprehensive crypto legislation, The Block reported. Participants will begin this spring with a multi-week online training course focused on emerging technologies such as crypto, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and defense. Following the course, fellows will receive one year of hands-on training in the offices of bipartisan members of the Republican-led House Financial Services and Agriculture Committees.