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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday warned about an \u201cexplosion of risk\u201d from digital markets, including the misuse of cryptocurrencies, but said new financial technologies could also help fight crime and reduce inequality.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: Former Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen speaks during a panel discussion at the American Economic Association\/Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) 2019 meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., January 4, 2019. REUTERS\/Christopher Aluka Berry<\/figcaption>

In remarks to a financial sector innovation roundtable, Yellen said such technologies could be used to stem the flow of dark money from organized crime and fight back against hackers, but also to reduce digital gaps in the United States.<\/p>\n

She said passage of the Anti-Money Laundering Act in December would allow the Treasury Department to rework a framework for combating illicit finance that has been largely unchanged since the 1970s.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe update couldn\u2019t have come at a better time,\u201d Yellen told policymakers, regulators and private sector experts. \u201cWe\u2019re living amidst an explosion of risk related to fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing, and data privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The COVID-19 pandemic had triggered more – and more sophisticated – cyberattacks aimed at hospitals, schools, banks, and the government itself, she said.<\/p>\n

Cryptocurrencies and virtual assets offered promise, but they had also been used to launder the profits of online drug traffickers and to finance terrorism.<\/p>\n

Innovation in the sector could help address these problems while giving millions of people access to the financial system, she said.<\/p>\n

Yellen, who has promised to prioritize fighting inequality and disparities, said the pandemic had exposed huge problems, including the dearth of broadband access in many areas of the country.<\/p>\n

She said responsible and equitable innovation could make a big difference.<\/p>\n

\u201cInnovation should not just be a shield to protect against bad actors. Innovation should also be a ladder to help more people climb to a higher quality of life,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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