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Markets

US Job Growth Tops Expectations in May, With 390K Added

The unemployment rate remained flat at 3.6%.

The BLS reports on May's employment picture. (Oli Kellett/Getty images)

Videos

Crypto Markets Brace for Biden, Powell Meeting Amid Soaring Inflation

President Joe Biden outlined his plan to combat rising inflation in a new Wall Street Journal op-ed ahead of his Tuesday meeting with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Opimas CEO Octavio Marenzi reacts to Biden’s strategy and how the crypto markets could respond.

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Policy

US Fed Vice Chair Says Digital Dollar Would Take 5 Years to Launch

The Federal Reserve’s Lael Brainard says it will take years to build a U.S. CBDC and that the project can only start once Congress and the White House sign off.

Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Lael Brainard predicts a digital dollar could take the central bank many years to build. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Policy

Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard Says CBDC Could Coexist With Stablecoins

A well-designed central bank digital currency could complement stablecoins and cash, Brainard will say in front of the House Committee on Financial Services on Thursday.

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Opinion

Will Reality Have Its Revenge on Andreessen Horowitz's Giant New Crypto Fund?

In an era of rising interest rates, personality and charm should take a back seat to results. But Andreessen Horowitz is rolling the dice on charisma one more time.

WeWork founder and former CEO Adam Neumann in 2018, before the company's decline. Neumann is launching a new blockchain startup called Flowcarbon. (Kevin Hagen/Getty Images)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Struggles to Hold $30K Ahead of Fed Minutes

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for May 25, 2022.

Minutes from the Federal Reserve's FOMC are due later today. (Funtap/Getty images)

Policy

Fed Survey: 12% of US Adults Held Crypto in 2021

It marks crypto’s first appearance in the central bank’s “Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households” survey.

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Policy

Fed Vice Chair Pick and Ex-Ripple Adviser Tells Senators Crypto Needs Regulation

Former U.S. Treasury official Michael Barr fielded questions about crypto during his Senate nomination hearing.

Federal Reserve vice chairman nominee Michael Barr (Senate Banking Committee)

Videos

Bitcoin Under $30K as Markets React to Hawkish Fed Policy

Bitcoin dipped under $30,000 Wednesday, a day after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell pledged to keep tightening monetary conditions until inflation shows signs of weakening. Could BTC extend a seven-week losing streak? "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

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Finance

Ben Bernanke Says He Doesn't See Value in Bitcoin

The former Fed chairman says the crypto is too complicated to use as money.

Ben Bernanke once suggested the Fed could fix deflation by dropping money from helicopters (sorbetto/Getty Images)