Former Ripple board member has been tapped by Biden administration to oversee top financial firms
Sarah Bloom Raskin, who was Biden's first choice, withdrew her nomination in March after Sen. Joe Manchin, the conservative-leaning Democrat from West Virginia, said that he would not vote to confirm her due to her progressive stance on climate change. The Democrats hold only a narrow majority in the Senate, which is why it is critical to secure a vote from Manchin.
Progressive Democratic senators—most notably Massachusetts's Elizabeth Warren—are likely to take issue with Barr's role at Ripple Labs due to her anti-cryptocurrency stance. It remains to be seen whether she will be on board with Biden's new nominee.Barr, who served as the U.S. Department of the Treasury's assistant secretary for financial institutions in the administration of former President Barack Obama, was named as an advisor to Ripple back in 2015.
Ripple is still in the middle of its high-profile legal battle with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission that originally started in December 2020. As
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