Tagged: federal reserve

November 2, 2026 @ 2:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Federal Reserve data places the scale of bank financing to U.S.-domiciled private credit vehicles at $349 billion as of the end of 2025. Business development companies accounted for $181 billion of that total, private debt funds for $150 billion, and interval and tender offer funds… Read More

October 31, 2026 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, demonstrated notable resilience this week, consolidating in a disciplined manner and swiftly recovering from a temporary decline below $77,000 (following the unprecedented Binance hack that led to the theft of over $6 billion in crypto-assets from the exchange). According to… Read More

October 14, 2026 @ 7:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York Federal Reserve President John Williams has indicated that constraints on the supply of equipment critical to artificial intelligence infrastructure may endure beyond two years, adding to potential upward pressure on prices. Speaking in a Bloomberg interview, he observed that the intensive construction of… Read More

September 25, 2026 @ 3:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Federal Reserve has taken a major step toward implementing last year’s federal stablecoin statute. On September 24, 2026, the Board of Governors asked the public to weigh in on two draft rules that would apply to payment-stablecoin issuers the central bank already oversees…. Read More

August 25, 2026 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent working paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland sheds light on how American households view and interact with cryptocurrencies. Titled “Do You Even Crypto, Bro? Cryptocurrencies in Household Finance,” the study draws on repeated large-scale surveys of U.S. households to examine investment… Read More

July 30, 2026 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital Bank has formally objected to a Federal Reserve proposal that would create a limited-purpose payment account, arguing it fails to function as a viable alternative to a traditional master account. In a comment letter submitted to the central bank this week, the OCC-chartered… Read More

July 20, 2026 @ 6:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto derivatives markets are flashing a clear short-term bullish signal for Bitcoin, as large players execute sizable bull call spread strategies targeting a move up to around $72,000 by the end of the month. This positioning coincides precisely with the US Federal Reserve’s upcoming policy… Read More

July 3, 2026 @ 2:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MetaMask has pointed out in a research report that US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds experienced their most challenging month yet in June 2026, posting a record $4.5 billion in net outflows since their launch in January 2024. MetaMask noted that this figure surpassed the previous… Read More

May 22, 2026 @ 12:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

The White House posted a series of Executive Orders (EO) this week, signed by President Donald Trump. A key EO was demanding that Fintechs have better access to the Federal Reserve and certain functions, such as payment accounts and real-time payments, to improve services for non-bank… Read More

May 21, 2026 @ 2:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As widely reported by now, US President Donald Trump has requested the Federal Reserve to seriously consider enabling proper fintech access to payment accounts As CI reported, Trump has now signed an executive order on Tuesday calling on US regulatory authorities as well as the… Read More

April 28, 2026 @ 1:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) has unveiled a cutting-edge network intelligence application programming interface (API) for its FedNow instant payment platform. Set to roll out on April 28, 2026, for initial users, the innovation marks a significant step forward in strengthening fraud prevention and overall… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 3:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Federal Reserve has introduced a public consultation on a regulatory update that would open its FedNow real-time payments platform to international transfers for the first time. FedNow, which began operations in 2023, functions as a high-speed interbank settlement network designed for instant domestic… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 12:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has provided what it claims is a more realistic assessment of stablecoins’ actual role in today’s financial ecosystem. Somewhat far from the innovative payment tool many promoters have claimed over the years, stablecoins remain… Read More

April 1, 2026 @ 6:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a speech delivered on March 31, 2026, Federal Reserve Governor Michael S. Barr highlighted significant challenges posed by stablecoins, urging caution as federal agencies move forward with rulemaking under recently enacted legislation. Speaking at an event hosted by the Federalist Society in Washington, D.C.,… Read More

March 29, 2026 @ 6:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Custodia Bank has issued a clarification regarding its recent appearance in the Federal Reserve’s updated master account database. The announcement, published on the bank’s website, emphasizes that the listing as a “new” applicant for a master account at the Dallas Fed does not represent a… Read More

March 27, 2026 @ 1:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Many Democrat members of Congress have long been anti-digital asset innovation. Today, the Trump administration has taken a far different approach from the previous Biden Administration by embracing digital assets and Fintech more broadly. Yesterday, Democrat Representative Maxine Waters, the ranking Democrat on the House Financial… Read More

January 15, 2026 @ 1:27 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

YouHodler market analyst Tony Severino looks back on a wild 2025 for cryptocurrency. Global macro: The end of synchronized liquidity expansion “The defining macro development of 2025 was not a single policy decision, crisis, or headline event. It was the quiet but decisive end of… Read More

January 1, 2026 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As we step into 2026, the US dollar concerningly finds itself at a crossroads, grappling with significant headwinds that have defined its trajectory over the past year. Analysts are pointing to the Federal Reserve as the dominant force shaping the currency’s path in the coming… Read More

December 17, 2025 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Custodia Bank, a Wyoming-chartered crypto-assets custody institution, has petitioned the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit for an en banc rehearing of a divided panel’s October 2025 ruling that affirmed the Federal Reserve‘s discretion to deny it a master account. A master… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 2:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

As just about everyone anticipated, the US Federal Reserve cut its benchmark rates by 25 basis points, with the targeted range now at 3.50% to 3.75%. The Federal Open Market Committee noted that job gains have slowed and unemployment has moved up slightly; meanwhile, economic… Read More