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Bitcoinist / UK Chancellor Gives British Government Opinion On Libra

July 16, 2019 / bitcoinist

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box this week giving the UK government’s perspective on Facebook’s Libra ‘cryptocurrency’. Libra Could Both Transform And Harm the…

CCN / Trump’s Fed Pick Isn’t Just a Gold Bug – She’s Also a Crypto Bull

July 13, 2019 / ccnews

White House economic adviser Judy Shelton made headlines last week after President Donald Trump nominated her to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. The mainstream press and finance industry were…

Cointelegraph / Fed Chairman: ‘No One Uses It’ — Bitcoin a Speculative Asset Like Gold

July 12, 2019 / cointelegraph

The Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve has said that a globally adopted cryptocurrency system could conceivably remove the need for reserve currencies. Testifying before the Senate Banking Committee…

NewsBTC / Crypto Execs: Trump’s Bitcoin Quip is the “Biggest Bull Signal” for BTC Ever

July 12, 2019 / newsbtc

Thursday was a crazy day for the Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto industry. Within that span of 24 hours, some of the world’s most powerful individuals commented on the cryptocurrency asset…

Bitcoinist / Fed Chairman Powell: Bitcoin Is A Store of Value Like Gold

July 11, 2019 / bitcoinist

Cryptocurrencies took the center stage again during Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s second day of testimony before the U.S. Senate. Today, lawmakers expressed their concerns about the threat that bitcoin…

CCN / Reagan-Era Economist Wants Donald Trump Controlling the Central Bank

July 11, 2019 / ccnews

Legendary economist Art Laffer believes President Donald Trump – not an independent board of governors – should control the reigns of the US Federal Reserve. Laffer told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that…

Bitcoinist / Peter Schiff Inviting People To “Change His Mind On Bitcoin”

July 10, 2019 / bitcoinist

Gold-bug Peter Schiff says he’d like bitcoin bulls to convince him how the top-ranked crypto is superior to gold as a safe-haven asset. Give Me Reasons To Like Bitcoin As…

Cointelegraph / Fed Chair Says Facebook Needs to Satisfy Regulatory Concerns Regarding Libra

July 10, 2019 / cointelegraph

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said there needs to be broad satisfaction with the way Facebook is handling regulatory concerns regarding its forthcoming stablecoin Libra. Powell gave his comments in…

CCN / Dow Surges to Record Territory as Markets Eye Titanic Rate Cut

July 10, 2019 / ccnews

The Dow and broader U.S. stock market approached record highs on Wednesday, as traders doubled down on their bets that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates aggressively to bolster…

CCN / Dow Suddenly Recovers After Fed Chair Powell Tees Up a Rate Cut

July 10, 2019 / ccnews

The Dow executed a sudden recovery on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appeared to signal that the US central bank will capitulate to Wall Street’s rabid desire –…

CCN / Dow Futures Crumble as NY Fed’s Recession Indicator Screams Red

July 10, 2019 / ccnews

Dow Jones futures point to another weak open on Wall Street on Wednesday. As Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell prepares his speech to Congress, a crucial recession light is flashing…

News.Bitcoin / Money and Democracy: Why You Never Get to Vote on the Most Important Part of Society

July 10, 2019 / newsbitcoin

It’s very odd that citizens never get to vote or have any say in regard to society’s money, even though it’s one of the most important aspects of everyday life.…

CCN / Dow Braces for 3rd Straight Loss Ahead of Messy Trump-Powell Clash

July 9, 2019 / ccnews

The Dow underperformed the broader U.S. stock market on Tuesday, as demand for riskier assets waned ahead of key congressional hearings involving Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Beginning Wednesday, the…

CCN / Dow Cringes as Wall Street Fears Painful Fed U-Turn

July 9, 2019 / ccnews

The Dow stumbled toward a third straight loss on Tuesday as Wall Street braced for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to initiate a painful U-turn on interest rate policy. Dow…

CCN / Economy Too Strong for a Rate Cut, Says Ex White House Official

July 8, 2019 / ccnews

The Dow Jones and the broader U.S. stock market were in solid form in the first half of 2019 despite geopolitical tensions on several fronts. The Dow and the S&P…

CCN / Stock Market Bulls Made a Fool’s Gamble on Rate Cuts

July 6, 2019 / ccnews

When US nonfarm payrolls stunned traders by rising dramatically on Friday, the stock market’s bet that the Fed would stimulate further growth by drastically slashing interest rates was exposed as…

NewsBTC / Bitcoin Bulls Roar as Trump Looks to “Manipulate” USD: Fresh Highs Inbound?

July 5, 2019 / newsbtc

Bitcoin (BTC) may be a non-sovereign crypto asset, but its future was recently cemented with a single tweet from a world leader. On Wednesday morning, Donald Trump, the incumbent President…

CCN / Dow Creeps Higher as Trump Stacks Fed with Rate-Slashing Allies

July 3, 2019 / ccnews

Dow Jones futures traded higher on Wednesday as Trump aims to stack the Federal Reserve in his favor. In a series of tweets last night, he revealed his picks for…

News.Bitcoin / Side Effects of Economic Growth: Is Snowden Right to Say Bitcoiners Shouldn’t Be Bankers?

July 3, 2019 / newsbitcoin

Growth is a goal that’s worth achieving, in most cases, and the current economic paradigm favors it. But when central banks start undermining their fiat economies and crypto companies begin…

News.Bitcoin / Bitcoin and Black Market Fiat: Hyperinflation Crushes Venezuela as Global Devaluation Ramps Up

July 3, 2019 / newsbitcoin

Venezuela is being crushed by staggering hyperinflation as a sharply divisive political crisis has the economy in ruins. Some are seeking refuge in alternatives to the national currency, like foreign…

CCN / Dow Runs on Hope & Fumes as Treasury Yields Spell Economic Doom

June 27, 2019 / ccnews

The Dow and broader U.S. stock market advanced on Thursday, as trade-deal optimism offset the sickly feeling on Main Street that the economy was barrelling toward recession. Dow Extends Rally;…

Cointelegraph / Deutsche Bank: ‘Aggressive’ Central Banks Making Bitcoin More Attractive

June 26, 2019 / cointelegraph

The potential interest rate cut by the United States central bank is apparently one of the reasons for the recent surge of bitcoin (BTC), Deutsche Bank exec Jim Reid said…

CCN / Powell Flashes Brutal Middle Finger at Trump – And the Stock Market

June 25, 2019 / ccnews

Sure, he couched it in the painfully-sanitized Fedspeak one expects from the US central bank, but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell just flashed President Trump – and stock market bulls…

Bitcoinist / The Federal Reserve Could Be Helping Bitcoin to $100K

June 22, 2019 / bitcoinist

Many factors are contributing to Bitcoin’s renewed trajectory towards its USD 100,000 target. One of them is increasingly gaining prominence: The U.S. Federal Reserve. Fed Interest Rate Cuts to Weaken…

CCN / Fed Not Threatened by Facebook Libra, Has No ‘Plenary Authority’ Over It

June 19, 2019 / ccnews

Published: 19/06/2019 17:50 EST. Journalist: By CCN Markets: Federal Reserve members held discussions with Facebook over the company’s Libra project. According to Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell during today’s press…

CCN / Dow Ekes Out Gains Without Rate Cut as Defiant Powell Defends His Job

June 19, 2019 / ccnews

Published: 19/06/2019 16:05 EST. Journalist: By CCN Markets: The Dow Jones Industrial Average was meandering in and out of positive territory as investors digested a fascinating Federal Reserve meeting. In…

Coindesk / Facebook Talked to the Fed About Libra, Chairman Powell Says

June 19, 2019 / coindesk

Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, said Wednesday that social media giant Facebook met with the central bank in the run-up to the reveal of its Libra cryptocurrency.…

CCN / Dow Bounces Back Because July Rate Cut Odds Ballooned to 89%

June 13, 2019 / ccnews

By CCN Markets: The Dow and broader U.S. stock market advanced on Thursday, as investors found a silver lining in the recent string of downbeat data releases. By this time…

News.Bitcoin / Markets Update: Crypto Prices Sink Lower Finding New Support Levels

June 9, 2019 / newsbitcoin

On June 9, digital currency markets have been meandering along in a consolidated manner after the slight downturn this afternoon. At the moment, the entire cryptocurrency market is around $243…

CCN / Dow 35,000: Trump Rails at Fed for Wiping 10,000 Points Off the DJIA

June 7, 2019 / ccnews

By CCN: President Donald Trump doubled down on his longstanding claim that the stock market would be 10,000 points higher if the Federal Reserve hadn’t raised interest rates during his…

CCN / Dow Shoots North But Hedge Fund Pro Warns of 40% Stock Market Crash

June 7, 2019 / ccnews

By CCN: The Dow overcame a worrisome jobs report to grind higher on Friday, as the US stock market plowed ahead toward its best week since November 2018. However, one…

CCN / Experts Reveal the Devastating Truth About This Stock Market Rally

June 6, 2019 / ccnews

By CCN: In the past four days, the Dow Jones has climbed from 24,721 points to 25,677 as a dovish Federal Reserve launched the U.S. stock market into a strong…

News.Bitcoin / In a World Where Central Planners Push Debt, Cryptocurrencies Look Better Every Day

June 6, 2019 / newsbitcoin

Economists have been predicting a worldwide recession which could pose a risk to financial stability throughout various countries. Fear of an economic downturn has caused the central bank of Australia…

CCN / Stock Market’s Silly Rate Cut Rally Could Easily End in S&P 500 Implosion

June 5, 2019 / ccnews

By CCN: The stock market has officially exited its mid-year slump. The Dow Jones surged more than 500 points on Tuesday. It added more than 200 points to the tally…

CCN / Dow Booms on Fed Bailout, But Trump’s Ruthless Threats Spoil the Party

June 5, 2019 / ccnews

By CCN: The Dow bounced by triple digits for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, as the stock market looked to assemble a June winning streak to reverse the fallout…

CCN / Meteoric Dow Jones Rally is Nothing But Smoke & Mirrors

June 4, 2019 / ccnews

By CCN: The Dow and broader U.S. stock market rebounded sharply on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell more or less laid the groundwork for rate cuts in the…

News.Bitcoin / Markets Update: Cryptocurrency Prices See a Slight Correction

June 4, 2019 / newsbitcoin

Cryptocurrency prices have corrected over the last 24 hours as most digital assets have dropped in value between 6-10% since June 2 at around 6:45 p.m. EST. At press time…

CCN / Dow Futures Surge as Billionaire Investor Speculates Fed Fund Rate Plunge to Zero

June 4, 2019 / ccnews

By CCN: Dow Jones futures carved out a spirited triple-digit rally in early trading on Tuesday as the market priced in a more dovish Federal Reserve policy. Traders now expect…

CCN / Dow Eyes Surprising Recovery as Fed Rate Cut Rumors Swirl

May 30, 2019 / ccnews

By CCN: The Federal Reserve has consistently rebuffed pressure to conform its interest rate policy to the Trump administration’s wishes. However, as the trade war rages, some analysts believe the…

NewsBTC / Ron Paul: The U.S. Dollar Is In a Bubble, Bitcoin An Alternative

May 22, 2019 / newsbtc

Former US presidential candidate and congressman Ron Paul is a regular critic of the United States Federal Reserve and of the country’s economic policy. In the past, the libertarian politician…