Custodia Bank CEO Caitlin Long discussed the ways in which the court’s ruling in the case involving the Federal Reserve is limiting technological innovation in a conversation with FOX Business correspondent Eleanor Terrett. The Custodia Bank has previously sought oversight from the Federal Reserve System of the United States. The
A decision to maintain unchanged interest rates has been made by the Federal Reserve. Based on this decision, the benchmark overnight interest rate will remain between 5.25% and 5.50%. The decision follows two years of vigorous monetary policy tightening by the Federal Reserve. The action was taken in reaction to
According to Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller, the dollar’s position as a worldwide reserve currency may be being solidified by the widespread use of stablecoins denominated in U.S dollars in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. Waller said at a central banking-focused conference on February 15 that the U.S. dollar is
Rostin Behnam, chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), expressed concern that the recent licensing of spot bitcoin ETF products poses dangers and reiterated his need for federal legislation to govern cryptocurrency. Behnam made these comments two weeks after the first group of spot bitcoin ETFs were authorized by
In a significant setback for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in its quest to regulate the cryptocurrency market, a federal judge has rejected the SEC’s request to appeal her recent ruling involving Ripple Labs, the company behind the XRP token. District Judge Analisa Torres ruled that the SEC
Following a request from the United States DOJ, a federal court has ordered the freezing of certain financial accounts and assets belonging to Alex Mashinsky, former Celsius CEO. A motion to unseal a restraining order concerning Mashinsky’s assets was approved by a court on September 5, according to a filing
In recent days, the Federal Reserve has issued more guidance on cryptocurrencies. Adding to that, the FED released a press release announcing that it requires approval before the state bank can issue, hold, and transact stablecoin payments. These new rules on stablecoins come after PayPal announced its new stablecoin, PYUSD.
NASSAU, Bahamas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Quantfury Trading Limited (“Quantfury”), a global multi-asset brokerage firm, announces that effective today, clients will earn 5.75% in USD and USD stablecoins on instantly available cash balances. Unlike other brokerages and trading platforms, Quantfury pays interest daily, based on the leading economic indicator and directly to client spot
On Wednesday, at a panel discussion of central bankers organized by the ECB in Sintra, Portugal, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated the Fed’s hawkish approach. Powell stressed that the Fed is not done managing inflation and indicated the potential of consecutive interest rate rises ahead of the next Federal
In an effort to acquire blockchain expertise for the agency, Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service has launched around one thousand Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on Ethereum. The Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), Germany’s foreign intelligence service, has established a dog-themed non-fungible token (NFT) collection with an on-chain hunt for treasure to attract qualified cyber specialists.
