The Fed

Kraken Secures Federal Reserve Master Account in Historic First for Crypto Industry

Crypto exchange Kraken has achieved a major milestone for the digital asset industry after its banking arm, Kraken Financial, secured a Federal Reserve master…

4 days ago

Fed Pauses Interest-Rate Cuts as January FOMC Meeting Looms, Leaving Markets on Edge

The U.S. Federal Reserve has paused its cycle of interest-rate cuts, holding the federal funds rate at 3.50%–3.75%after three consecutive reductions at…

1 month ago

Federal Reserve Withdraws Restrictive 2023 Policy Severely Limiting ‘Novel’ Crypto Activities

The Federal Reserve has withdrawn guidance that limited certain banks from engaging in the crypto sector, reflecting the organization’s “evolving…

3 months ago

Bitcoin Extends Losses Below $89,000 as Fed Minutes Outline 2-Sided Risks, No Preset Path For Rate Cuts

Bitcoin extended its decline on Wednesday, falling to roughly $88,600, its lowest level since April and more than 5% below…

4 months ago

Fed is Studying Tokenization, Smart Contracts, and AI in Payments, says Governor Waller

The Federal Reserve is studying cutting-edge innovations, including tokenization, smart contracts, and artificial intelligence, to see how their payment systems…

7 months ago

Fed Note Explores Using Gold Profits to Fund U.S. Bitcoin Reserve

The U.S. Federal Reserve is exploring whether profits from gold could be used to help build a national Bitcoin reserve.…

7 months ago

Bitcoin Trades Flat Near $118K as Fed Holds Rates Steady

Bitcoin hovered near $118,000 on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 4.25% to 4.5%, maintaining a cautious…

7 months ago

Bitcoin, Ethereum Hold Steady After Fed Skips Rate Cut

Bitcoin was trading roughly flat in the hour after the U.S. central bank hewed to its recent policy of keeping…

9 months ago

Trump Talks New UK Deal, Ethereum and Dogecoin Lead Altcoin Rally as Bitcoin Retakes $100K

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies soared Thursday along with other risk-on assets buoyed by a U.S.-U.K. trade deal, and despite President…

10 months ago

Fed Chair Powell Advocates For Stablecoin Regulation, Signals Openness to Crypto Innovation

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated the need for a regulatory framework for stablecoins and signaled that the Fed has no…

11 months ago