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"Digital asset exchanges and other digital native intermediaries — they should be subject to appropriate forms of oversight,” said Janet Yellen. United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen listed stablecoins as one of the major policy concerns in the digital asset space for regulators, currently subject to “inconsistent and fragmented oversight.”Speaking to attendees at American University in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Yellen said the Treasury Department was working with Congress to advance legislation to help ensure that “stablecoins are resilient to risks” for consumers and the U.S.....

Following in the footsteps of regulation practices like BitLicense out of New York, the UK Treasury is seeking advice from members of the Bitcoin community to help further their understanding on regulation. According to The Guardian, the Treasury is asking for information from law enforcement agencies, financial regulators along with the general public and "FinTech" firms. Also Read: NYDFS's Ben Lawsky Reveals Plans for Transitional BitLicense at #Money2020. When asked for the purpose of these discussions, The Guardian reported that a Treasury spokesman said the following: "We're....

The public has until Nov. 3 to submit comments on the Treasury addressing ransomware attacks, the illicit finance risks of cryptocurrency mixers and DeFi, and coordinating AML/CFT policy. The United States Department of the Treasury will be calling for comments from the public on digital assets, including their views on how regulations may address the illicit uses of crypto.In a document set to be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury requested public comment on “digital-asset-related illicit finance and national security risks as well as the publicly released....

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has asked the regulators overseeing crypto assets to “act quickly to ensure there is an appropriate U.S. regulatory framework in place” for stablecoins. U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Public Affairs announced Monday the outcome of the meeting of the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) which Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen convened to discuss stablecoin regulation. The meeting, which took place Monday, was joined by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance....

Digital Asset Holdings CEO Blythe Masters has revealed that financial regulators are keen on the potential of blockchain technology, the same technology that underpins Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that several authorities seek to regulate. Blythe Masters, CEO of New York-based blockchain startup Digial Asset has claimed that blockchain technology is proving to be favorable for financial regulators. The decentralized, distributed ledger technology is seen as a means to increase transparency while lowering costs, according to Masters. The former JPMorgan executive was speaking to Reuters,....