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Hodlers thankful as Bitcoin is gainful: Bad Crypto news of the week
29.11.2020
Everyone from the Wall Street Journal to the Queen of England has an eye for Bitcoin in this week's Bad Crypto podcast
Hyperinflation and Rent Controls – 2020’s Telltale Signs of Economic Distress Haunts Many Nations
24.11.2020
If history serves us well, 2020 is likely a precursor to a long and dreadful economic depression throughout a myriad of countries worldwide. During the last year, economists and analysts have been discussing how specifically the United States economy and the U.S. dollar are losing global dominance...
Biden to Tap Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary
23.11.2020
Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen will be tapped to run the Treasury Department, where she will oversee federal agencies that impact crypto
Biden plans for former Fed Chair and noted Bitcoin bear to lead US Treasury
23.11.2020
The Biden team looks to Janet Yellen to lead the next administration's economic policy, which will have to navigate the wreckage left in the wake of the coronavirus
US Fed researcher says CBDCs should beat Big Tech payments on privacy protection
23.11.2020
The paper also put forward CBDCs as solutions to high transaction fees and the energy use of mining cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin
Second Stimulus Checks: New Proposal Taps Unused Fed Funds, Lawmakers Call for Relief Now
23.11.2020
Americans are anxiously waiting to hear if they will receive a second round of stimulus checks as many are suffering due to the coronavirus-led economic crisis. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has a new proposal to immediately provide relief aid, while Nancy Pelosi has been discussing stimulus...
Morgan Creek CEO Says Bitcoin Doing ‘Extremely Well’ Due to Fed Reserve’s Dollar Devaluation
20.11.2020
CEO Mark Yusko said "zombie companies" left the Fed no choice but to devalue the dollar, prompting investors to turn to bitcoin and gold
‘Control the Pandemic’ – Fed Chair Jerome Powell Predicts the Entry of a ‘Different Economy’
19.11.2020
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told participants at the Bay Area Council Business Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony on Tuesday that the economy will never be the same after Covid-19. According to Powell, the use of accelerated technology will change the way the global economy operates as...
Privacy should be at the core of CBDCs, says Boston Fed research director
13.11.2020
Privacy should be a key talking point from the beginning of CBDC development
Printing $1.7 Trillion for Climate Change: How Joe Biden’s Administration Aims to Push the ‘Green New Deal’
13.11.2020
In 2020, the U.S. Federal Reserve has injected an enormous amount of U.S. dollars to special interests in the banking sector in order to combat the economic effects stemming from the coronavirus outbreak. This week the central bank published its financial stability report and the Fed discussed...
First Mover: Why the Fed Cares About Remote Working – And What It Means for Bitcoin
13.11.2020
The potential economic impact of a shift to widespread remote working is a matter of risk management: Authorities should be mapping out scenarios
[článek] Co by mohl přinést „digitální dolar“? Americký Fed zkoumal digitální měny centrálních bank
12.11.2020
[8 minut čtení] Digitální měny centrálních bank pomalu přestávají plnit roli intelektuálních cvičení, a začínají mít čím dál tím hmatatelnější podobu. Americký Federální rezervní systém (Fed) pověřil své ekonomky Francescu Carapellu a Jeanu Flemming, aby prozkoumaly dostupnou vědeckou literaturu...
'The Most Crucial Question' on Digital Dollar According to Fed
10.11.2020
Economists at the Federal Reserve, the United States’ central bank, have concluded that research into central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) fails to show that CBDCs are a silver bullet, leaving “many questions” to be answered – another hint that the Fed will not be rushed into the issuance of...
US Fed economists are exploring the “intrinsic” value drivers of CBDCs
9.11.2020
Fed economists are beginning their deep dive into CBDC research, hoping to identify the “intrinsic" value drivers of a digital dollar
Fed calling for more stimulus is 'code for buy Bitcoin,' says Winklevoss
6.11.2020
Jerome Powell says Congress should agree further fiscal stimulus as U.S. public debt tops $27.2 trillion
First Mover: Bitcoin Likes Biden (and Fed’s Powell) as Price Approaches $15K
5.11.2020
The Federal Reserve, established as lender of last resort to banks, looks to be stimulus provider of last resort with U.S. government divided
Federal Reserve Staff Sluiced Wall Street Bankers With Trillions From the Comfort of Their Mansions
3.11.2020
While American citizens wait for bureaucrats to pass a new coronavirus relief package, the Federal Reserve has continued to serve corporate interests and the banking cartel. Behind the curtains from the comfort of their own mansions, members of the Fed have given more stimulus to crony Wall Street...
Court Filing Accuses Bitmex Cofounders of ‘Looting’ $440 Million Before the Fed Crackdown
2.11.2020
A civil lawsuit has been filed against the firm HDR Global Trading Limited, the parent company of the exchange Bitmex, alongside the three cofounders Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, and Samuel Reed. Plaintiffs allege “the defendants’ Hayes, Delo, and Reed looted about $440,308,400 of proceeds...
OCC’s Brian Brooks Against Government Issued Digital Dollar – Supports Regulation of Privately Issued Stablecoins
31.10.2020
The acting director of the U.S. Office Comptroller of Currency (OCC) Brian Brooks says the creation of the U.S. digital dollar is a terrible one because the government is not good at building things. Instead, Brooks believes tech companies, which already possess the know-how, to be in a better...
US Charges Stanford Crypto Group Director With Defrauding His Former Employer – the Fed
29.10.2020
Lawrence Rufrano allegedly hid his work at Stanford and blockchain startup Factom from disability benefits regulators