Federal Reserve

“CoinDesk Daily” host Jennifer Sanasie dives into today’s hottest stories in crypto, as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell addresses the current state of inflation at the Kansas City Fed’s Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium. Mastercard and Binance are ending their crypto card partnership. Plus, customer data of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, Genesis and lender BlockFi have been compromised due to a hack. 

Aug 25, 2023

In his opening remarks for the Kansas City Fed’s Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell addresses the current state of inflation and why the central bank is "prepared to raise rates further if appropriate" in order to bring inflation down.

Aug 25, 2023

Bitcoin is trading around $26,000 ahead of U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson Hole. Sacha Ghebali, director of strategy and business development for The Tie, discusses what to expect from the annual economic symposium and its potential impact on the crypto markets.

Aug 25, 2023

Hedera Hashgraph’s HBAR token has surged nearly 16% in the last two weeks, according to CoinGecko. This comes after the U.S. Federal Reserve's instant payments platform FedNow listed Hedera-powered micropayments platform "Dropp" as a service provider. Dropp CEO Sushil Prabhu shares insights into the project and its mission. "It really is a major step in the direction to offer instant payments to every consumer in this country, and globally, everywhere else," Prabhu said. 

Aug 21, 2023

Crypto-friendly Custodia Bank announced a week ago that it launched to business customers in a number of states. Custodia Bank founder and CEO Caitlin Long joins "First Mover" to discuss the details of the launch and her reaction to major news in the crypto industry from the plunge in bitcoin to Prime Trust filing for bankruptcy protection. Plus, insights into the legal battle between Custodia Bank and the Federal Reserve.

Aug 18, 2023

Hedera Hashgraph’s HBAR token took the lead among major cryptocurrencies over the last 24 hours, after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s FedNow added a Hedera Hashgraph-based micropayments platform, Dropp, as a service provider. FedNow is an instant payment service provider developed by the Fed for depository institutions in the U.S. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

Aug 14, 2023

The U.S. Federal Reserve is kicking off a new program for overseeing banks’ crypto activity, and it further clarified its requirement that the lenders under its authority get approval before engaging in digital assets activities. "The Hash" panel discusses what this means for banks' involvement with crypto.

Aug 9, 2023

Markets

Gayunpaman, ang pagtatapos ng ikot ng paghihigpit, ay T nangangahulugang isang QUICK na pag-pivot patungo sa zero Policy sa rate ng interes, ibig sabihin, ang mga espiritu ng hayop ay maaaring hindi bumalik sa merkado ng Crypto anumang oras sa lalong madaling panahon.

By Omkar GodboleAug 7, 2023

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke at a press conference on Wednesday, discussing the central bank's progress in reducing inflation and why there's likely more work ahead. "We have to get inflation down to 2% and we will," Powell said. "And we just don't see that yet."

Jul 26, 2023

The markets are widely expecting the central bank's Federal Open Market Committee to hike the benchmark borrowing rate by 25 basis points later today. Maple Head of Growth and Capital Markets Quinn Thompson discusses what this could mean for bitcoin (BTC) and the wider crypto markets. Plus, his outlook for the U.S. spot bitcoin ETF race.

Jul 26, 2023