Fed’s Barr signals stiffer oversight for cryptocurrency

Nov 14 (Reuters) – Michael Barr, the Federal Reserve’s top regulatory official, said Monday the U.S. central bank is watching for any stresses to the financial system amid a weakening economy, and signaled that stiffer oversight of cryptocurrency is in the offing.The Fed “will be heightening its focus on liquidity, credit, and interest-rate risks as supervised institutions manage the changing financial conditions,” Barr said in written testimony prepared for delivery Tuesday to the Senate Banking committee, noting that the U.S. economic outlook has weakened “amid tighter financial conditions and increased uncertainty.””A weaker economy could put stress on …
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