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Elizabeth Warren: “But they also at the same time could empower scammers and criminals, and the challenge here, I think, is for us to try…”

On the recordOctober 10, 2018
But they also at the same time could empower scammers and criminals, and the challenge here, I think, is for us to try to figure out how to nurture the productive uses of virtual currencies while protecting consumers from scammers and other sorts of threats.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren highlights risks of virtual currencies alongside their benefits.

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