GENIUS Act Could Shield Bitcoin From Fed Oversight, Barr Warns

Federal Reserve Governor Michael S. Barr used a keynote at DC Fintech Week to praise Congress for finally drawing lines around stablecoins—then immediately warned that the new law’s drafting could ...

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GENIUS Act Could Shield Bitcoin From Fed Oversight, Barr Warns

Source: Bitcoinist.com

Federal Reserve Governor Michael S. Barr used a keynote at DC Fintech Week to praise Congress for finally drawing lines around stablecoins—then immediately warned that the new law’s drafting could open channels for risk and regulatory arbitrage, including a pathway for Bitcoin-linked instruments to sit inside stablecoin reserves with only indirect Federal Reserve visibility. Bitcoin […]