Federal Reserve
Bitcoin and Inflation: Everything You Need to Know
The cryptocurrency was designed to counter the harms of inflation, but is this really such a big issue?
Fed Chair Powell: ‘We’d Welcome Higher Inflation’
The central bank doesn’t want to pull back asset purchases just yet, Powell said Wednesday.
Federal Reserve Holds Rates, Asset Purchases Steady as Economic Activity Moderates
The U.S. central bank said interest rates will remain close to zero.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
