Fed's Chairwoman Janet Yellen added at today’s speech (via Reuters) from the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, California:
- Says blockchain, the technology used in bitcoin, is an important new technology
- Fed is working very hard to protect core systems like fed wire from cyber threats
- Fed has never faced a major cyber breach that affects core system
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