Fed’s Brainard Calls for Sound Regulation of Crypto Financial System to Be Es...

Fed’s Brainard Calls for Sound Regulation of Crypto Financial System to Be Es...

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard has stressed the importance of establishing sound regulation for the crypto financial system “now before the crypto ecosystem becomes so large or interconnected that it might pose risks to the stability of the broader financial system.” Fed Vice Chair Brainard on Crypto Regulation Lael Brainard, the vice chair of the Board of the Federal Reserve Governors, talked about crypto regulation and decentralized finance (defi) Friday at a Bank of England conference in London. She began by referencing recent volatility in the crypto market,....


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