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No Crypto Banking Port Has Really Opened Up in This U.S. Storm

As Silvergate, Signature and Silicon Valley banks imploded, crypto customers grabbed assets and ran, but those hoping to land at major U.S. banks have been mostly disappointed.

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Markets

Fed, ECB and Others Take Coordinated Steps to Boost Dollar Liquidity; Bitcoin Tops $28K

The big move is aimed at avoiding a March 2020-like global dash for cash that saw investors sell everything, including bitcoin, for the U.S. dollar.

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Opinion

This Crisis Will Define the Future of Money

The recent collapse of three high-profile banks - Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank - has caused worrying outflows at hundreds of regional banks. Now, with the U.S. Federal Reserve creating a new backstop facility reportedly worth $2 trillion, the echoes of crises in 2008 and 2013 are loud.

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Videos

The Fed's Balance Sheet Swells: What This Means for Crypto

The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet expanded by $297 billion to $8.63 trillion in the week of March 15, reaching the highest value since November. The sharp increase has Crypto Twitter saying the Fed has restarted "quantitative easing" (QE) but is that true? "The Hash" panel discusses how QE works and what the Fed's latest balance sheet expansion means for crypto.

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Bitcoin Outlook Ahead of Upcoming Federal Reserve Interest Rate Decision

Coinbase Institutional Head of Research David Duong discusses his outlook on the crypto markets as investors await the upcoming interest rate decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Also, Duong weighs in on whether the central bank will continue on its path of raising rates.

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Markets

Crypto Twitter Thinks the Fed's $297B Balance Sheet Expansion Is 'QE', but It's Not

According to some observers, the latest expansion in the central bank's balance sheet is not outrightly stimulative like the one seen following the coronavirus-induced crash of 2020.

Fed's balance sheet (Fred.stlouisfed.org)

Opinion

U.S. Banking Collapse Doesn't Necessarily Make Crypto Trustworthy

The fall of Silicon Valley Bank had a convenient deus ex machina to fix collateral damage. Crypto cannot expect the same, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati partners Jess Cheng and Amy Caiazza write.

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Markets

Bitcoin Holds Steady Above $24.5K as European Banking Crisis Eases

BTC has remained in a range between $24,200 and $25,200 over the past 24 hours. Investors are hoping the Federal Reserve relaxes its recent monetary hawkishness.

Bitcoin was rising above $25,000 (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

Videos

Federal Reserve’s New Instant Payments System 'FedNow' To Launch in July

The U.S. Federal Reserve is set to launch its long-awaited instant payments service "FedNow" in July. "The Hash" panel discusses the rollout amid a global race to central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

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Policy

U.S. Federal Reserve’s Real-Time Payments System Coming in July

The new government-operated payments system – often used as an argument against the need for crypto’s payments innovations – will have its first participants certified within weeks.

The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)