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NY Fed Launches Fintech Research Wing With BIS Help

The NYIC will be led by PwC alum Per von Zelowitz, who joined the New York Fed in July.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell (Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Bitcoin Tops $58K With Focus on Omicron and Fed’s Powell Speech

Are bitcoin’s immediate prospects tied to the Omicron variant’s potential impact on the Fed’s monetary policy? GlobalBlock CEO Rufus Round discusses what to make of bitcoin’s recent price swings. The cryptocurrency is trading near $57,300 at press time, representing a 7.3% gain compared to the low of $53,359 late Sunday.

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Bitcoin Tops $58K With Focus on Omicron and Fed’s Powell Speech

Bitcoin is largely being grouped with other risk assets at the moment, one observer said.

Gráfico por horas de la cotización de bitcoin el 29 de noviembre (TradingView)

Markets

Goldman Says Fed May Accelerate Tapering in January: Report

The new projection means the asset purchase program would end in March.

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Markets

Bitcoin Slips to $55K as Renewed COVID Concerns Jolt Traditional Markets

The cryptocurrency appeared set for a breakout above $60,000 after Thursday’s rise, but COVID fears played spoilsport.

Bitcoin drops below $58,000 on Nov. 26 amid growing covid fears (CoinDesk, highcharts.com)

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Is There a Bullish Breakout Ahead for Bitcoin?

Needham & Co. Vice President John Todaro discusses his positive assessment of the crypto markets despite continuing to see red over the past week. “We’re still ​in a bullish macro set up here for bitcoin and cryptocurrencies more broadly,” Todaro said. “We do have around $100K bitcoin [price target] in Q1 2022.”

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Policy

US Regulators Plan to Define Legal Bank Activities Around Crypto in 2022

The interagency sprint team was composed of the OCC, FDIC and Fed.

OCC (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Bitcoin Struggles at $60K Resistance, Support Above $53K

BitBull Capital CEO Joe DiPasquale discusses his crypto markets analysis and outlook as upsides look limited for bitcoin around the $60,000 resistance level. Plus, his reactions to El Salvador's "Bitcoin City" announcement and U.S. President Joe Biden nominating Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chairman for a second term.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Cryptocurrencies Fade on News That Powell Will Be Renominated as Fed Chairman

Bitcoin struggles to maintain weekend gains as buyers take profits.

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell

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Biden Nominates Powell For a Second Term as Fed Chair, Appoints Brainard Vice Chair

U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated Jerome Powell for a second term as the Federal Reserve chair, after much speculation that Fed Governor Lael Brainard could replace him to lead the central bank for the next four years. Brainard will be the Fed’s vice chair when the nomination is officially signed.

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