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Fed Chair Jerome Powell Appears Before the Senate Banking Committee
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has run the U.S. central bank for the last four years, but his most significant work may have come in the past two years during the COVID-19 pandemic. President Joe Biden recently nominated Powell to a second term helming the Fed. The Senate Banking Committee will question the bank regulator on Tuesday. They will likely focus on current … [Read more...] about Fed Chair Jerome Powell Appears Before the Senate Banking Committee
A Banking Breakdown in Mexico
Recently I traveled to Mexico City. I know less Spanish than the average toddler. On my very first day in Mexico, at the ATM, I inserted my card … and the machine swallowed it. I pressed the red cancel button. Nothing. I pressed more buttons at random. Nothing. I spoke to a lady inside the bank, who couldn’t understand a word I was saying (not her fault), and after we found a … [Read more...] about A Banking Breakdown in Mexico
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler Hires Senate Banking Aide to Advise on Crypto Policy
According to a source familiar with the Senate Banking Committee, Frayer spearheaded crypto policy for Brown – who has been outspoken about his concerns about the risks cryptocurrencies could pose to investors, calling blockchain a “shady diffuse network of online funny money” at a hearing in July – and other top-ranking Democrats. Source link … [Read more...] about SEC Chairman Gary Gensler Hires Senate Banking Aide to Advise on Crypto Policy
Senate Banking Panel Head Seeks Added Information About Stablecoins From Issuers, Exchanges
Brown also sent letters to cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase, Gemini, Binance.US as well as blockchain infrastructure firm Paxos, which operates the Pax dollar stablecoin, decentralized finance company TrustToken, which operates the TUSD stablecoin, and Centre, the Coinbase- and Circle-founded project that oversees the USDC stablecoin. Source link … [Read more...] about Senate Banking Panel Head Seeks Added Information About Stablecoins From Issuers, Exchanges