Bitcoin climbs as Fed Chair Powell tells Senate stablecoin industry has matured: CNBC Crypto World
On today's episode of CNBC Crypto World, during testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that the stablecoin industry has matured significantly over the past few years. Plus, Sen. Cynthia Lummis explains why the U.S. needs to pass a crypto market structure bill now. And, Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz discusses how capital raised during a funding round backed by Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas and Ken Griffin's Citadel Securities will be used.
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