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Biggest mining difficulty drop of 2023? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
24.7.2023
Bitcoin begins to fulfil traders' downside targets as BTC price action retraces its steps in a crucial macro week
Congressman Warren Davidson calls to ban and criminalize CBDCs
24.7.2023
“Money should not be programmable by a central authority,” argues Republican Representative Warren Davidson
Federal Reserve of San Francisco hiring crypto architect for CBDC project
23.7.2023
San Francisco's Federal Reserve Bank is seeking a crypto architect for a central bank digital currency (CBDC)
End of Fed’s Tightening Cycle: Bernanke, Majority of Polled Economists See Terminal Rate Hike Ahead
23.7.2023
With just a four-day window to go, the U.S. Federal Reserve appears primed to raise the federal funds rate by 25-basis-points (bps) at the forthcoming Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting scheduled for Wednesday. The market presently maintains the conviction that this quarter-point uptick...
Blackrock’s Bitcoin ETF Application Update, Warnings of Possible Reversal in XRP Ruling, and More — Week in Review
23.7.2023
Financial megalith Blackrock’s bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) application has now been accepted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and added to the regulator’s docket. In related news, a former official from the SEC has said the recent ruling on XRP from the SEC...
Federal Reserve’s ‘FedNow’ Launch Triggers Fresh Speculation Over Digital Dollar
21.7.2023
The U.S. Federal Reserve denies that its new instant payments service, FedNow, is in any way tied to the digital asset space. But experts say the new system could lay the groundwork for the infrastructure needed for a potential central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the U.S. And so this week’s...
Federal Reserve Launches Fednow for Instant Payments — JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, and 33 Banks Onboard
21.7.2023
The Federal Reserve has launched its Fednow Service for instant payments with 35 participating banks and credit unions, as well as 16 service providers. “The Federal Reserve is committed to working with the more than 9,000 banks and credit unions across the country to support the widespread...
Fed Dramatically Speeds Up U.S. Payments With 'FedNow' Service, but Downplays Any Tie to CBDCs
20.7.2023
Some argue it would weaken crypto’s payments use case or form a bridge to a digital dollar
FedNow Service has no relation with CBDCs, Federal Reserve clarifies
20.7.2023
The Federal Reserve certified the FedNow Service as “ready,” after it onboarded 41 financial institutions, 15 service providers and the U.S. Department of the Treasury to test out the system, before its launch by the end of July 2023
Economist Sounds Alarm on US Dollar Losing Reserve Currency Status
19.7.2023
An economist with the Heritage Foundation has warned about the potential calamity of the U.S. dollar losing its reserve currency status. He stressed that “The Biden administration has taken so many actions to dethrone King Dollar that it would be difficult to rank them all by their...
Bitcoin Remains Under Pressure Below $30K Following U.S. Retail Sales Numbers
18.7.2023
Thursday's rally to a new 13-month high of $31,800 has now more than been fully nullified
Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman Says US Dollar Dominance Won’t Last Forever but Doubts Chinese Yuan Can Replace USD
18.7.2023
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman says the U.S. dollar’s dominance “won’t last forever.” While recognizing the global de-dollarization trend, he expressed skepticism about the Chinese yuan’s ability to replace the U.S. dollar as the world’s dominant...
Crypto Catalysts: Investors to Weigh Jobs, Retail Sales, Production Data for Latest Inflation Signals
17.7.2023
The jobs market remains strong, a concern for the U.S. central bank which seems intent on raising the Federal Funds rate 25 basis points
BTC traders brace for $30K loss — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
17.7.2023
BTC price performance is getting market participants worried in the short term, but the signs of wider Bitcoin accumulation are there
‘Done, Dead’ — DeSantis to Nix Central Bank Digital Currency on Day 1
16.7.2023
Central bank digital currency (CBDC) is a “massive threat” to liberty, Republican Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis is convinced. During an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, DeSantis vowed to send CBDC “to the ash heap of history” if he is elected President of the United States....
Robert Kennedy Jr Says Biden Is ‘Preparing for Ground War With Russia’ as World War III Warnings Escalate
16.7.2023
U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) has explained that President Joe Biden is “preparing for a ground war with Russia” by signing an executive order to mobilize reserve forces to augment Operation Atlantic Resolve. Multiple people have accused Biden of starting...
Experts Warn of Impending Recession in the US as Survey Reveals 59% Chance by July 2024
14.7.2023
A recently published survey by Bankrate reveals that there is a 3-in-5 likelihood of a recession occurring in the United States within the next year. Bankrate’s survey of economists firmly indicates that the chances of a recession taking place in the U.S. are greater than the chances of...
Even as Inflation Risk Fades, Bitcoin Remains Stuck Below $31K
12.7.2023
Wednesday's CPI report showed sizable decelerations in both overall and core U.S. inflation, which one might've thought would drive BTC's price higher
India’s External Affairs Minister Shuns BRICS Currency Talks, Prioritizes Rupee’s Strength Instead
11.7.2023
Members of the BRICS alliance are meeting at a summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, in August, focusing attention on the potential for the BRICS bloc to create a gold-backed reserve currency. However, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s external affairs minister, said India isn’t...
Economist Jim Rickards: ‘Biden Is Now a World Historic Figure — He Has Destroyed the Dollar’
11.7.2023
Jim Rickards, economist and best-selling author, has accused the Biden administration of destroying the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency. Rickards stated that Biden is to blame for the upcoming marginalization of the U.S. dollar at the hands of a BRICS bloc common currency to be proposed on August...