Fed Chair: Bitcoin's Popularity Unrelated to Central Bank Policy
US Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen has issued new comments on how she believes the country's financial regulators should address bitcoin and blockchain technologies, stating that these agencies must be careful not to "stifle innovation". The statements were issued in response to a question submitted to Yellen by US Representative Mick Mulvaney following a 15th July meeting of the House Committee on Financial Services' Monetary Policy and Trade, of which he serves as vice chairman. In his 11-page submission, Mulvaney sought clarity as to how the central bank viewed the increasing....
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. central bank is currently running technical experiments on how a digital dollar would work. “There are many subtle and difficult policy choices and design choices that you have to make. We’re doing all that work.” He reiterated the process also requires consultation with the public and Congress before […]
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