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First Mover: Sleepy Fed Meeting Belies Tense Economic Reality (Brrr) That May Buoy Bitcoin
30.7.2020
It didn't really matter to bitcoin traders that the Federal Reserve's meeting this week was so anticlimactic. The real action is ongoing – in the form of more money injections
What Bitcoin Holders Should Watch for in Today’s Fed Meeting
29.7.2020
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube/CNBC Television
With the US Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) set to release a statement from their meeting this evening (UTC time), crypto holders may be in for another run higher if the traditional...
Veteran Analyst Peter Brandt Scorns ‘XRP’s Bag Holder,’ Compares Ripple to the Fed
24.7.2020
Veteran trader Peter Brandt knocked the digital currency XRP on Thursday and compared the crypto token company Ripple to the U.S. Federal Reserve. Brandt said he believes the company behind the coin will double the token supply, and he doesn’t understand why “otherwise smart...
Boston Fed Wants to Hire a Digital Currency Engineer
23.7.2020
The one-year position will work on the Applied Fintech Research team's digital currency experiments
Bitcoin Price Rises to $9,500 as $2 Trillion Fed Stimulus Expected
23.7.2020
Bitcoin price broke out from a tightening range to rally above $9,500 but will it hold above the crucial resistance level?
Tyler Winklevoss: It’s Good For BTC When The Fed Prints Money
23.7.2020
Bitcoin may ultimately benefit from the U.S. Federal Reserve's actions, says Tyler Winklevoss
What’s Behind the Fed’s New Push to Promote Inflation?
21.7.2020
Why the Fed’s strategy on inflation is changing and why the definition used by America’s central bank may be hurting regular people
Bitcoin Price, Stocks, Set to Correct If Fed Fails to Extend Stimulus
17.7.2020
Key U.S. federal stimulus programs are set to expire soon and if they are not renewed the stock market and Bitcoin price could crash again
First Mover: Bitcoiners Not Worried Fed Money Printer Has Stopped Going ‘Brrrr’
14.7.2020
The Federal Reserve's balance sheet is shrinking, but bitcoin investors are betting it's only a matter of time before the economic toll of the coronavirus leads to more money printing
How the Fed Fans the Flame – The Best of The Breakdown June 2020
29.6.2020
Guests from the crypto investor Ari Paul to Harvard prof Dr. Vikram Mansharamani discuss bitcoin, the economy and social unrest
Is Scam Selling Suppressing the Price of Bitcoin?
25.6.2020
Scam selling, a big win for privacy from Apple, new jobless claims in the “whack-a-mole” economy and the biggest BTC options expiry ever
Where the NY Fed ‘Bitcoin Is Not New’ Blog Goes Wrong
24.6.2020
A recent post categorizing Bitcoin as just another fiat currency uses some strange definitions of money, our columnist writes
Fed Economists Call Fears of Original Libra Stablecoin ‘Overstated’
22.6.2020
Economists at the Federal Reserve suggest that Libra – in its original, basket-backed stablecoin form – might not have had as severe an impact on financial stability as policymakers suggested last year
Gold Bug Schiff Calls Bitcoin Fiat Following Fed Comments
20.6.2020
Peter Schiff agrees with the Fed that Bitcoin should be classified as fiat currency
New York Fed’s ‘Bitcoin Is Just Another Fiat’ Claim Sparks Controversy
19.6.2020
Economists at the New York Federal Reserve think Bitcoin is a fiat currency. Nic Carter thinks the New York Fed is "insane."
Fed Chair on CBDC: ‘We Need to Understand It First and Best’ — But Is He Too Late?
17.6.2020
The Fed is looking at issuing a central bank digital currency, but can’t point to any concrete progress
US Fed Chair Says Private Entities Should Not Help Design Central Bank Digital Currencies
17.6.2020
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he believes central banks would have to design and implement CBDCs, not private entities
Fed Chair Powell Warns of ‘Unsustainable’ Budget as US National Debt Crosses $26 Trillion
17.6.2020
In his testimony before the Senate banking committee, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned Congress that the U.S. federal budget has been on an unsustainable path for years. He added that the U.S. economy is facing a deep downturn with “significant uncertainty.”...
Limitless Bailouts: US Federal Reserve Announces Billion-Dollar Corporate Bond Purchase Program
16.6.2020
During the last three months, the U.S. Federal Reserve has created a system of monetary avarice, as the central bank can literally do whatever it wants with zero oversight. The American public recently witnessed the Fed’s announcement on Monday, which explained the central bank will be buying...
Fed Chairman: Inflation Not a Threat Long-Term Despite Massive Balance Sheet
16.6.2020
The chairman of the Federal Reserve sees no issues with the massive expansion of the Fed’s balance sheet and believes that inflation will struggle to stay above the target