Representatives for Circle and Coinbase blamed traditional financial institutions — ‘TradFi’ — for instability in the digital asset sector. “What happened over the last several days...
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Binance converting $1 billion in BUSD to bitcoin, ether and BNB
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao announced on Twitter that the foremost crypto exchange would convert the approximately $1 billion remaining from its Industry Recovery Initiative funds to native crypto asse...
State regulator takes control of Signature Bank, federal regulators guarantee deposits
Policy • March 12, 2023, 7:29PM EDT The New York Department of Financial Services seized crypto-friendly Signature Bank in order “to protect depositors,” the state banking regulator said i...
The World’s Central Banks Are No Match for the Global Economy
Writing in his newsletter last week, the great George Gilder quipped that the world’s central bankers are apparently “demoralized over their inability to drive the world into recession.” Gilder was re...
Crypto prices whipsaw on Fed Chair Powell’s Congressional testimony
Markets • March 7, 2023, 11:21AM EST Markets sank initially on the release of U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony to Congress before rebounding slightly. Bitcoin was tradi...
U.S. Treasury convening regular Biden administration discussions on CBDC
Policy • March 1, 2023, 2:38PM EST The U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve and White House officials “will begin to meet regularly” to talk about a possible central bank digital currency, said Nellie Liang...
Crypto markets wrought ahead of US inflation data as regulatory issues steal focus
Crypto markets were roiled by the SEC last week, and now there’s even more uncertainty after the New York Department of Financial Services ordered Paxos to stop issuing BUSD. Next up is U.S. inf...
Brazil’s oldest bank says you can now pay your taxes with crypto
Banco do Brasil, the South American country’s oldest bank, says it’s now possible to do what many blockchain enthusiasts have long wanted — the ability to pay the taxman in crypto. T...
Bitcoin, ether retrench after rising with traditional markets on Fed Chair comments
Cryptocurrencies rose alongside traditional markets in response to comments delivered by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at The Economic Club in Washington before turning lower. Bitcoin rose...
Crypto markets tread water ahead of Fed speech
Cryptocurrency prices were little change alongside other risk assets ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech this afternoon at the Economic Club of Washington. Bitcoin was tr...
UK’s Bank of England launches digital pound project as ‘new form’ of money
The Bank of England, the UK’s central bank, launched its long-awaited digital pound project, pitching the potential to create a new payment system and form of money. The potential digital...
Federal Reserve raises interest rates by 25 basis points, as expected
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised the target range for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 4.5-4.75 percent, bringing the interest rate to a 15-year high. Wednesday’s interest rate decisi...
Milton Friedman Isn’t Required To Confirm That Monetarism Is Monetary Phrenology
Anna Fifield is a long-time reporter on North Korean matters for the Washington Post. In a book Fifield wrote about the dysfunctional country, she noted that the U.S. dollar is the currency of exchang...
Bitcoin steady as altcoins pop, aptos hits all-time high around $20
Bitcoin was treading water at around $23,000, while ether and altcoins traded higher. Equities were mixed, with Silvergate down and Coinbase higher. Bitcoin was trading at $23,037 by 10:40 a.m. ...
US economic growth tops estimates, grew by 2.9% during the fourth quarter
The U.S. economy grew by 2.9% during the fourth quarter, narrowly topping estimates of 2.8%. Growth in the final three months of last year was primarily driven by consumer and federal government...
U.S. regulators issue post-FTX collapse crypto warning to banks
U.S. banking regulators remain skeptical of banks holding digital assets. The Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. put out a jo...
Turkey’s Central Bank says digital lira tests will continue in 2023
Turkey’s central bank said Thursday that it successfully carried out the first payment transactions on the Digital Turkish Lira Network as part of first-phase studies. The central bank wil...
International banking regulatory body backtracks on stablecoins
A Switzerland-based organization that sets international banking standards released new proposed guidance for banks to manage exposure to digital assets that retracts previous draft rules for stableco...
Bank of England opens bids for CBDC sample wallet proof of concept
The Bank of England is seeking a proof of concept for a sample wallet for a Central Bank digital currency and will take applications through Dec. 23. While the bank said it will not develop a us...
Bitcoin trades over $17,000 following Powell’s speech, December decisions loom large
The Fed is likely to slow its rate increases in December, while upcoming inflation data and the first U.S. House committee hearing on the FTX collapse also loom large for markets. “It wil...
Japan’s central bank to issue experimental digital yen in early 2023
The Japanese central bank will begin experiments with a proof-of-concept digital yen early next year, Nikkei reported. The Bank of Japan will work with several unnamed financial institutions to...
The Block: Silvergate CEO sees silver lining for bitcoin: ‘There are always buyers’
Silvergate CEO Alan Lane said that bitcoin stands out from other digital currencies even amid the ongoing turmoil in crypto markets. He pointed, as evidence, to the breakdown of volumes of the S...
New York Fed, several big banks testing ‘regulated liability network’
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is poised to unveil a proof-of-concept for “regulated liability networks” — an experiment around tracking and transmitting tokenized debt issued by an array of reg...
The JIG’S UP For The World Economy
LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM – DECEMBER 16: In this photo illustration a collection of global paper … [+] currency, on December 16,2021 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Dazeley/Getty Images) G...
The Transformation of Spanish University Is Being Financed Outside of Spain
L’Auberge Espagnole is a Cedric Klapisch movie from 2002 that is a joy to re-watch every few years. Starring Romain Duris and Audrey Tautou most notably, the excellent film (eventually made into a tri...
Markets trade down after Fed chair’s comments, Grayscale recovers amid hearing
Crypto markets whipsawed throughout the day after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s delivered testimony to Congress. Bitcoin was trading around $22,070 by 4:55 p.m. EST, down abou...