Fed teases master accounts for crypto banks: Law Decoded, Aug. 15-22
The new guidelines from the Federal Reserve hold a prospect of “the most stringent review” for non-federally insured institutions. Last week, the United States Federal Reserve Board turned its eye to banks and crypto, making (or promising to make) several clarifications, one of them pretty long-awaited. It announced that the final version of guidelines for reserve banks to access Reserve Bank master accounts and services is ready. For crypto, these guidelines hold a prospect of “the most stringent review,” to which non-federally insured institutions that do not have a holding company....
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