FDIC Chairman: US Regulators Exploring How Banks Could Hold Bitcoin – Bitcoin Magazine

banks could hold BTC in custody to facilitate client trading, use it as collateral for loans, or even hold them on their balance sheets.

In May, Fed vice chair of supervision Randal Quarles said the three agencies were working together on a “sprint” on cryptocurrency regulation.

banks to hold BTC in their balance sheets, a scarce asset that has the power to counteract the huge amounts of debt such institutions issue.

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