Federal Reserve


Markets

Bitcoin Briefly Dips Below $30K, Dollar Bounces Ahead of Fed Reserve Rate Announcement

Bitcoin would likely extend losses further if Fed Chairman Jerome Powell drops hints of a gradual unwinding of stimulus programs later today.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell

Finance

How Bitcoiners Should Watch the US Federal Reserve Meeting on Wednesday

Comments from the Fed could tell bitcoiners how committed the central bank is to staying the course on low interest rates through the rest of the year.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Policy

Jerome Powell on CBDCs: ‘We Don’t Feel a Need to Be First’

He estimated it will take “years rather than months” before the Fed releases a CBDC.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Markets

Bitcoin in Race for Adoption Before Central Banks Launch Digital Currencies: Australia's Macquarie

With a runway of a year or more before the Federal Reserve and other major central banks can launch digital currencies, bitcoin and other private cryptocurrencies could gain a foothold in electronic commerce.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde

Markets

Bitcoin Investment Makes Sense in Current Economic Climate: Former Fed Governor

"I guess if you are under 40, bitcoin is your new gold," Warsh said.

bitcoin bullet

Markets

Fed's Powell Wins Forbes' Crypto Person of the Year Honors; Do They Give Awards for Snark?

A side effect of the Fed's medicine for the pandemic-stricken U.S. economy was to create conditions ideal for the rise of cryptocurrencies.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell

Markets

Federal Reserve Keeps Rates Unchanged, Adds Qualitative Guidance on Pace of Money-Printing

The Federal Reserve said Thursday said it would hold U.S. interest rates at their current level, close to zero, and added qualitative criteria to govern how long it will keep up its $120-a-month bond-buying program.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Markets

First Mover: Stimulus Tests Bitcoin in Real-Time, and It Passes $20K

Bitcoin has climbed as more big investors said it might serve as a hedge against inflation. On Wednesday prices crossed $20K for the first time.

Bitcoin prices crossed above $20,000 on Wednesday for the first time.

Markets

New Federal Reserve 'Qualitative' Approach Could Push Further Into Experimental Realm

"Qualitative" is the new "quantitative" as economists predict the Federal Reserve will move to add subjectivity to its rules on money printing.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Markets

ENCORE: Luke Gromen on the History and (Declining) Future of the Global Dollar System

As some start to wonder about a post-Bretton Woods economic system, macro analyst Luke Gromen explains how that post-World War II system came to be.

Breakdown 11.27 Luke Gromen post-Bretton Woods economic system