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US Government Agencies Propose Changes to Funds Transfer Rules-Seek to Broaden Definition of Money to Include Cryptocurrencies

25.10.2020
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board and Fincen are seeking feedback on their proposal to lower the threshold at which financial institutions must collect and retain information on funds transfers. In their joint notice on the rule change proposal, the two U.S. agencies want a new threshold...

US Moves to Cast a Wider Net for Catching Money Launderers, Crypto or Otherwise

23.10.2020
The Fed and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network want to lower the threshold for reporting financial transactions and make sure crypto is included

Monetary Stability: The IMF and Fed Chair Jerome Powell Discuss Digital Currency Implications

19.10.2020
On Monday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a report on crypto assets like central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and global stablecoins (GSCs). Moreover, the IMF also hosted a virtual panel that discussed digital currencies and cross-border payments with the Federal Reserve Chair...

Better to get it right than to be first with CBDC, says US Fed chair

19.10.2020
The U.S. already has a “safe and active dynamic domestic payment system,” Powell argued

Fed Chairman Powell to Speak About Digital Currencies Next Week at IMF

15.10.2020
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will speak next week as part of a panel on the future of cross-border payments at the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) annual meeting

Fed Reserve and 6 Other Central Banks Set Out Core Digital Currency Principles

9.10.2020
The seven central banks, along with BIS, have released a report setting out agreed core objectives that must be met by national digital currencies

Fed Chairman Claims ‘Now Is Not the Time’ to Worry About the Federal Budget

7.10.2020
According to the Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, the road to economic recovery is far from over and the Covid-19 pandemic has fueled the tragedy. During his speech at the National Association for Business Economics annual meeting, Powell highlighted that the federal budget was essentially...

$9 Trillion in Stimulus Injections: The Fed’s 2020 Pump Eclipses Two Centuries of USD Creation

5.10.2020
Since September 2019, research shows the Federal Reserve has pumped over $9 trillion to primary dealers by leveraging enormous emergency repo operations. A recently published investigative report shows the U.S. central bank submits the daily loan tally, but the Fed will not provide the public with...

‘The Fed Meetings Are a Dead Spectator Sport’ – Best of The Breakdown September 2020

3.10.2020
A monthly recap featuring conversations with Luke Gromen, Raoul Pal, Tavi Costa, Sven Henrich, Corey Hoffstein and Michael Saylor

US Federal Reserve Actively Working on Digital Dollar

26.9.2020
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors and several Federal Reserve Banks are actively working on the digital dollar. Legislation has proposed that each American could have an account at the Fed for transacting in the central bank digital currency. Several Digital Dollar Initiatives The president...

Sven Henrich on the Ever-Weakening Economic Cycle

25.9.2020
The founder and lead market strategist at NorthmanTrader explains how the Fed has boxed itself in and why our fundamental economic capacity fails to grow

Fed Reserve Governor Brainard Said to Be Biden’s Choice for Treasury Secretary

25.9.2020
Lael Brainard, who has been involved with the Fed's efforts to research a digital dollar, is seen as an ideal choice, Bloomberg sources said

First Mover: Federal Reserve, Congress Play Game of Chicken Over Stimulus as Market Lurches

24.9.2020
Markets from stocks to bitcoin have groaned amid dimming prospects for more U.S. stimulus, and neither Congress nor the Fed are taking the lead

SEC halts trading for blockchain company run by former Ron Paul staffer

24.9.2020
A blockchain company run by an ex-staffer of former Presidential candidate Ron Paul has received a temporary trading suspension from the SEC

UK Mulls Over Negative Interest Rates, US to Keep Near Zero Rates for Years

18.9.2020
The Bank of England is now seriously considering implementing negative interest rates while the U.S. Federal Reserve has pledged to keep interest rates near zero for years. Some analysts say even the Fed will soon consider negative interest rates. Meanwhile, many expect a boost to the price...

Bitcoin Soft Despite Fed Plan to Keep Rates at Zero For 3 More Years

17.9.2020
Despite the US Federal Reserve (Fed) is planning to keep interest rates at or near 0% for at least another three years, while also keeping the door open for inflation above its stated 2% target, bitcoin (BTC) traders did not seem moved by the somewhat expected announcement. BTC touched a high...