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Powell’s Legacy, the Ethics of ‘Doxing’, and Uptober or Rektober

Powell’s Legacy, the Ethics of ‘Doxing’, and Uptober or RektoberThis editorial is from last week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the week with a comment on each story. Inflation, Memecoin drama, the SEC, and More The Fed’s easing cycle suggests Powell […]

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The Global Liquidity Cycle and Its Implications for Crypto

The Global Liquidity Cycle and Its Implications for CryptoThis editorial is from last week’s newsletter, Week in Review. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished, The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the week with a comment on each story. Liquidity Rising The global liquidity cycle has come to prominence in the past three or four […]

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Jerome Powell Clarifies: US Far From Introducing a Central Bank Digital Currency

Jerome Powell Clarifies: US Far From Introducing a Central Bank Digital CurrencyFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stated before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs that the United States is far from adopting or even recommending the introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), emphasizing a significant distance from such a possibility. He assured that any potential CBDC would not be designed for […]

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Fed Chair Powell Briefs Lawmakers on US Central Bank Digital Currency Progress

Fed Chair Powell Briefs Lawmakers on US Central Bank Digital Currency ProgressFederal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has provided an update to Congress members regarding the Fed’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) work. “If we’re going to have a CBDC, Congress needs to authorize it,” he stressed. Moreover, the Fed chair reportedly said that a framework for stablecoins is needed. Fed Chair Powell on US CBDC and […]

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US Senator Calls for Investigation Into Bank Failures — Says Fed Chair Powell ‘Bears Direct Responsibility’

US Senator Calls for Investigation Into Bank Failures — Says Fed Chair Powell ‘Bears Direct Responsibility’U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has called for a “thorough, independent investigation of the causes” that led to the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank. She alleges that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell “bears direct responsibility” for regulatory and supervisory issues involving the two banks. Senator Elizabeth Warren Calls for Independent Investigation Into […]

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‘Atomic Settlement’ — New York Fed Completes First Phase of Digital Dollar Experiment Called ‘Project Cedar’

‘Atomic Settlement’ — New York Fed Completes First Phase of Digital Dollar Experiment Called ‘Project Cedar’The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has published findings stemming from an experiment dubbed “Project Cedar,” a protocol that uses a wholesale digital dollar in order to improve financial transactions. Michelle Neal, head of the bank’s Markets Group remarked on Friday that the research “indicated that settlement could occur in fewer than 10 seconds […]

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Fed Chair Powell Says ‘Very Premature’ to Pause Interest Rate Hikes — Economist Warns It Will Crash Economy

Fed Chair Powell Says ‘Very Premature’ to Pause Interest Rate Hikes — Economist Warns It Will Crash EconomyFederal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says that it is “very premature” to think about pausing rate hikes. “We have a ways to go,” he stressed. However, economist Peter Schiff warned that “Planned rate hikes and QT will only succeed in crashing the economy, not bringing down inflation.” Fed Chair Powell Says ‘Very Premature’ to Talk […]

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The Fed Codifies Fourth Consecutive 75bps Rate Hike — Stocks, Bitcoin, and Metals Rise

The Fed Codifies Fourth Consecutive 75bps Rate Hike — Stocks, Bitcoin, and Metals RiseThe U.S. Federal Reserve introduced another jumbo rate hike on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, by hiking the federal funds rate (FFR) by 75 basis points (bps). The American central bank said on Wednesday that the hike aims to curb inflation and the Fed says “recent indicators point to modest growth in spending and production.” U.S. […]

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Economists Warn of Severe Recession as Fed Continues Raising Interest Rates to Fight Inflation

Economists Warn of Severe Recession as Fed Continues Raising Interest Rates to Fight InflationA growing number of economists have warned about a severe recession in the U.S. if the Federal Reserve keeps up its fight against inflation. “Each adverse development in the outside world implies the Fed is going to have to do more in order to bring the situation under control,” said one economist. Economists Warn of […]

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Faces Political Pressure Over Interest Rate Hikes

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Faces Political Pressure Over Interest Rate HikesU.S. Senator Sherrod Brown has asked Fed Chair Jerome Powell not to forget the Federal Reserve’s “dual mandate” when making decisions about hiking interest rates at the next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. “It is your job to combat inflation, but at the same time, you must not lose sight of your responsibility to […]

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