A U.S. senator is taking aim at the cryptocurrency industry after the exchange platform FTX mishandled billions of dollars worth of customer assets to fund risky trades.
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers believes the debt limit terror is a very serious threat in the backdrop of the current political scenario.
“Debt limit terror is a much more serious risk in the context of rising interest rates, Treasury market illiquidity and increased foreign holdings of U.S. securities,” Summers said.
Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of the beleaguered FTX cryptocurrency exchange, wanted regulators to let retail investors trade cryptocurrency derivatives with borrowed funds, according to the head of a U.S.