Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis thinks the Federal Reserve should add Bitcoin (BTC) to its balance sheet once the top crypto asset becomes more regulated. Lummis spoke this week at a webinar hosted by ...
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The Federal Reserve Minutes Indicate That The Hammer Could Fall Harshly On Crypto Markets ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Fed minutes are indicative of a plan to aggressively raise rates. Fed officials during the meeting also expressed concern over cryptocurrencies and s...
UAE drives the process to license VASPs to issue federal coins
Federal coins will soon be issued by VASPs present in the UAE The licensing process has begun and the digital currency market will change Binance has already stationed a team in the country to boost i...
Federal Reserve Officials Prohibited From Trading Bonds, Stocks, and Cryptocurrencies
A few months after introducing the first draft aiming to prohibit Fed officials from owning certain assets, the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee has updated the document to include cryptocur...
UAE Looks To Issue Federal Crypto Licenses To Bolster Credentials As A Global Industry Haven ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     The United Arab Emirates has hatched a plan to become a global crypto hub wherein the world’s largest crypto companies will be lured in to set up sho...
Recession Risks Are ‘Rising’ As Federal Reserve Scrambles To Fight Inflation, Experts Say
Topline With the Federal Reserve set to aggressively raise interest rates and tighten monetary policy as it scrambles to confront decades-high inflation, Wall Street experts are now warning that doing...
Federal Reserve Officials Banned From Trading Crypto
Key Takeaways The Federal Reserve approved rules today that would bar senior officials from trading crypto and other assets. The ban also applies to stocks and bonds; it affects officials in the Feder...
Federal Reserve puts new bans on trading in stocks, bonds, crypto or commodities following trading scandal
advertisement The Federal Reserve has barred senior officials from a number of investment activities, particularly those involving individual stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies and commodities. The Feder...
Federal Reserve should buy bitcoin, says US senator Cynthia Lummis
Cynthia Lummis, US Senator from the Wyoming state, has suggested that the Federal Reserve should hold bitcoin on its balance sheet. Speaking on a panel hosted by the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation on Thurs...
UAE is preparing to grant federal crypto licenses for VASPs
TL;DR Breakdown The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is planning to give a federal crypto license to virtual asset service providers (VASPs), The UAE is set to become a crypto hub as part of the government’...
UAE reportedly plans to issue federal crypto license for VASPs
The United Arab Emirates is reportedly planning to issue a federal crypto license for virtual asset service providers (VASPs) by the end of the first quarter. The Securities and Commodities Authority ...
DOJ Sues Missouri Over Law Declaring Some Federal Firearm Rules ‘Invalid’
Topline The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Wednesday to prevent Missouri from enforcing a law declaring some federal firearm rules “invalid,” which the department says has hindered law enforcem...
Canadian federal police seek blockade of crypto wallets tied to ‘Freedom Convoy’
Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police appear to be targeting crypto addresses funding the “Freedom Convoy” protests over vaccine mandates for truckers. On February 16, several repo...
Federal Judge Releases ‘Razzlekhan,’ Orders Other Bitfinex Hack Laundering Suspect to Remain in Jail
Prosecutors allege that Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Morgan, 31, conspired together to launder 119,754 bitcoins – worth over $5 billion in today’s prices – that were stolen during the ...
Warren Davidson’s New Bill Bans Federal Agencies From Restricting Crypto
Is U.S. Congressman Warren Davidson reacting to the current situation in Canada? He recently introduced the “Keep Your Coins Act” to protect private bitcoin and crypto usage in his country. Specifical...
Federal judge orders husband in Bitfinex case to go to pre-trial detention
The husband and wife duo accused of laundering money associated with the Bitfinex hack have started their lengthy court processes. The couple is being charged with attempting to launder $3.6 billion w...
US lawmaker debuts draft of federal stablecoin regulation bill
A discussion draft of federal stablecoin legislation has been released by a member of Congress, a move that comes the morning of a hearing on the subject in the US Senate. According to an announcement...
Has The Federal Reserve Lost Control?
Rising prices are clearly the big domestic issue. But this episode of What’s Ahead examines why the two principal inflation fighters—the Federal Reserve and the White House—are floundering. The Fed wa...
Here’s How Bitcoin Could Win from Federal Reserve’s Closed Meeting
Arman Shirinyan Unexpected Fed meeting could have a disruptive effect on markets Disclaimer: The opinion expressed here is not investment advice – it is provided for informational purposes only. It do...
State & Federal Officials Move To Regulate & Even Ban PFAS Chemicals, But Many Wonder If That Makes Sense
California state capitol building getty For federal and state lawmakers who have an unending procession of meeting requests, committee hearings, markups, fundraisers, and other demands on their schedu...
Growing Distrust Of Federal Reserve Heightens Concerns Of Incompetence
The seal of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brooks … [+] Kraft/ Getty Images) Getty Images Negativity about the Federal Reserve reached new, ser...
Will Ripple’s Connection With The Federal Reserve Turn Tables Around Its Lawsuit?
The global crypto market sees constructive developments around its longstanding top tier protocol’s lawsuit. The Ripple SEC clash has been coming across a series of motions and retaliations from the p...
Two Senior Federal Reserve Staffers Made Trades Amid Central Bank’s 2020 Stimulus
Topline Two senior Federal Reserve staffers reported a series of financial trades as the central bank was putting in place historic levels of stimulus to prop up the economy at the onset of the Covid-...
Federal Government Runs Its First Monthly Budget Surplus Since 2019
Topline The federal government’s revenue surpassed expenses by $119 billion last month, marking its first monthly surplus since before the Covid-19 pandemic began, the Treasury said Thursday—amid an i...
US Federal Reserve bank at the helm of CBDC research effort appoints new president
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, or Boston Fed, has selected economist Susan M. Collins, University of Michigan provost, to serve as its new president and chief executive officer. The seat has beco...
Appeals Court Won’t Immediately Reverse Block Of Biden’s Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate
Topline An appeals court left in place a national block on President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees Wednesday, declining to overrule a lower court ruling that halted a key ...
Federal Reserve and MIT Begin Developing a New Digital Dollar
The United States Federal Reserve and researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are collaborating on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiative called Project Hamilton. Pro...
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and MIT Release Central Bank Digital Currency Research and Open-Source Code – Regulation Bitcoin News
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have jointly published the initial findings of their central bank digital currency (CBDC) research. They also pub...