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In addition to eco-friendly components, the IMF recommended central banks include other features in their CBDCs, such as compliance, higher resilience and offline capabilities.

What will happen to the crypto markets when quantitative tightening takes full effect and the Federal Reserve shelves the money printer?

The FTX founder said he’d spend “north of $100 million” with a “soft ceiling” of $1 billion and added, “who knows what’s going to happen between now and then.”

Coinbase’s new “crypto native think tank” features an advisory board of finance and law academics from top United States universities and will publish original research to shape policies around crypto.

Keaghan Ames worked at Credit Suisse for more than two years as vice president and head of U.S. regulatory policy, which included advising executives on digital assets regulation.

Some of the primary duties assigned to the task force involve making policy recommendations related to blockchain and related technologies.

In a 52–43 vote on the Senate floor on Tuesday, U.S. lawmakers confirmed Lael Brainard as vice chair of the Federal Reserve System for four years.

The vice chair for supervision seat at the Federal Reserve has been vacant since governor Randal Quarles’ term ended in October 2021.

Sheila Warren said the addition of Cory Gardner was based on his experience “to build a stronger economy and support innovation,” as well as his commitment to Web3 and crypto.

The association will champion the creation of a clear digital asset regulatory framework for Canada.

The budget from the Biden administration said modernizing tax rules to include digital assets will bring the government $4.9 billion in revenue in 2023.

The European Union’s MiCA bill has had a line related to environmental sustainability added back in, which could be problematic for Bitcoin miners in the region.

The second fastest-growing city in Texas will begin exploring policy capabilities to accept Bitcoin as a payment option and integrate other Web3 applications to improve resident‘s lives.

Jerome Powell said that the situation with Russia "underscores the need for really congressional action on digital finance, including cryptocurrencies."

The crypto exchange declared it spent $120,000 on lobbying activities in the U.S. in the third and fourth quarters of 2021.