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Bitcoin tackles $40,000 as Biden unveils new $6 trillion federal spending budget
27.5.2021
The money printer is going brrr in the United States of America
Number of Bitcoin wallets holding 100-1K BTC soars after Tesla's $1.5B buy-in
27.5.2021
New data shows a dramatic rise in the number of Bitcoin wallets holding anywhere between 100 BTC to 1,000 BTC, but there may be a catch
Federal Reserve Bank President Says Most Cryptocurrencies Are Worthless
27.5.2021
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, James Bullard, says that most cryptocurrencies are “worthless.” He noted that if “cryptocurrency can facilitate transactions that are difficult to make in conventional currencies, then they will have a purpose and might...
US Regulators Urgently Working on Joint Cryptocurrency Regulation: Fed’s Quarles Says It’s ‘High Priority’
26.5.2021
U.S. government agencies are urgently working together on a joint regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies, Federal Reserve Vice Chair of Supervision Randal Quarles has confirmed. “We along with the OCC and the FDIC are engaged right now in what we are calling a sprint in seeking to pull...
Fed’s Daily Tapering Increases by 23%- Tuesday’s Reverse Repo Removes $432 Billion from Market
25.5.2021
Since well before the onset of Covid-19, the U.S. Federal Reserve had initiated monetary easing policies and from then on, the M1 Money Stock supply skyrocketed to levels never-before-seen in history. This weekend reports disclosed that the Fed has started to taper quantitative easing (QE) when...
US must win CBDC race to maintain dollar's global reserve currency status: Federal Reserve Governor
25.5.2021
The Federal Reserve Governor has urged the United States to be at the forefront of developing CBDC to maintain the U.S. dollar’s role as a global reserve currency
Fed Begins to Taper QE- US Central Bank Removes $351 Billion in Liquidity via Reverse Repos
22.5.2021
After pumping extreme amounts of liquidity into markets, the U.S. Federal Reserve seems to be tapering back monetary easing policy via reverse repos (RRP). Following this week’s published minutes report from the Fed’s April monetary policy meeting, it seemed as though members of...
Data Suggests Fed’s MBS Operations and Wall Street Investors Behind Inflated US Real Estate Market
22.5.2021
The Federal Reserve and America’s big banks have significantly inflated home prices across the U.S. according to a number of statistics. In many towns across the nation, home sales are facing bidding wars and certain regions are seeing property shortages. One report notes that homebuyers...
Us Federal Reserve to Develop Its Native Digital Currency
21.5.2021
The Fed Reserve is looking forward to publishing the research paper on the development of a central bank digital currency in a bid to launch its digital currency. Even though there are no specific plans laid out by the central bank yet, there has been significant progress in developing the payment...
US Dollar Drops to a Three-Year Low, Greenback Could Dip 10% Lower, Fed Still Not Ready to Taper QE
20.5.2021
America’s currency has been flirting with lows again, as the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) dropped to a low of 89 on Tuesday and the following Thursday. This is the third time since April 2018, the DXY has been this weak, and some analysts think the currency could drop even lower. US Dollar...
Federal Reserve Bank Presidents: Cryptocurrency Sell-off Not a Systematic Concern, Does Not Affect Fed Policy
19.5.2021
Cryptocurrency sell-off is not a systematic concern for the Fed and does not affect Fed’s policies, two Federal Reserve Bank presidents said Wednesday. “We are all quite aware that crypto can be very volatile,” said the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Crypto...
Diem parters with Silvergate bank to launch stablecoin in the US
13.5.2021
Facebook-initiated Diem Association announces a new model of its upcoming stablecoin that is set to be issued by California state-chartered bank Silvergate
Billionaire Druckenmiller says ledger-based system could replace USD worldwide
12.5.2021
Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller thinks some kind of crypto-derived ledger system may replace the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency in the future
Electronic Transactions Association Proposes 7 Guiding Principles for a Digital Dollar
7.5.2021
The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) has put forward a set of guiding principles to be considered in the creation of a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC), also referred to as digital dollar. The organization, which unites hundreds of companies in the payments industry, confirms...
‘Gold Is Clearly Being Replaced by Digital Gold’- Precious Metal Markets Spike, Strategist Mike McGlone Calls PM Action ‘Meh’
7.5.2021
Precious metals (PM) markets have been trading a bit higher in recent days, while cryptocurrency markets have been seeing gains as well. Spot gold prices have jumped to $1,805 per ounce, up more than 1.3% during the last 24 hours, while silver prices have increased by 2.5%. As PMs have gathered...
Federal Reserve Bank Paper: DeFi May Cause a Paradigm Shift
6.5.2021
The world is moving towards complete digitization, and measures like DeFi and cryptocurrencies play a big part in it. Ethereum is major crypto, and even the Federal Reserve Bank proved it as well. The institution recently released a paper stating how Ethereum will help the DeFi sector...
‘DeFi may lead to a paradigm shift’ says Federal Reserve Bank paper
5.5.2021
Ethereum has unleashed a wave of financial innovation
Fed’s Vice Chair for Supervision Calls on Bank Regulators to Pay More Attention to Cryptocurrency
4.5.2021
The Federal Reserve’s top supervisory official has called on bank regulators to pay more attention to cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. His comments followed a number of major banks announcing that they will be offering products based on cryptocurrencies, particularly bitcoin, to their...
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says Dogecoin and Gamestop Hype Highlights ‘Froth in Equity Markets’
30.4.2021
Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell, discussed a number of topics this week such as inflation and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) following the multi-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings. The central bank’s lead executive was asked about feverish stocks like Gamestop...
Fed to Keep Rates Near Zero, Treasury Purchases to Continue, Powell Expects ‘Transitory’ Inflation
29.4.2021
In a policy meeting on Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve told the public that monetary easing will continue and the benchmark interest rate will be kept near zero. Just like previous statements from Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members, the committee within the central bank is...