Federal Reserve

U.S. banking agencies say capital should be same for standard or tokenized securities
The Federal Reserve and other banking regulators clarified that the capital tally in banks needs identical treatment whether securities are tokenized or not.

Kraken's surprise Fed win may harken onslaught of crypto firms with narrow Fed access
The Kansas City Fed may term this "Tier 3" access, but Kraken's entry into the vaunted Fed payments system has riled bankers and raised crypto hopes.

Kraken becomes first crypto company to secure Fed master account access
The approval lets Kraken speed up deposits and withdrawals for large traders and institutional clients, but is limited.

Fed proposes rule to deal with crypto debanking by scrapping 'reputation risk'
The proposal would cut the risk factor from Fed oversight and bar supervisors from pushing banks to cut off disfavored businesses, including in crypto.

U.S. Federal Reserve researchers sing praises of prediction markets
A deep look at predictions on Kalshi called such platforms valuable to policymakers and researchers, according to a new Fed paper.

Fed's Neel Kashkari calls crypto 'utterly useless,' dismisses stablecoins as 'buzzword salad'
The Minneapolis Fed president said stablecoins don’t beat Venmo and argued crypto fails basic real-world tests.

Anatomy of bitcoin's plunge this week: The dollar's bottom was BTC's top
It seems like ages ago, but bitcoin rose to just shy of $91,000 on Wednesday. Then the U.S. dollar started to strengthen.

Bitcoin is the 'newest, coolest software': Inside Kevin Warsh’s complicated crypto history
The former Federal Reserve governor has invested in crypto firms, criticized bitcoin’s role as money and argued for a U.S. digital dollar.

Hedge fund billionaire Stan Druckenmiller on Warsh as Fed chair: ‘no one better equipped’
The conventional wisdom on Trump's pick for Fed chair says he's a hawk. Stanley Druckenmiller, who made billions fading conventional wisdom, suggests that's not necessarily so.

President Donald Trump nominates Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair
The president confirmed his pick on Friday to replace the incumbent Jerome Powell when his term ends in May.
