Federal Reserve Vice Chair, Michael Barr, has opted to step down early to dodge what could have become a contentious legal fight with President-elect Donald Trump. Confirming a Reuters report on Monday, the Democrat appointee suggested that while he could likely win the battle to finish his term, the fight

Christopher Waller, one of the Fed's most vocal members on crypto issues, stated that DeFi can complement, rather than replace, traditional finance. He sees stablecoins as an efficient tool to support U.S. economic influence and argues against the necessity of a retail CBDC.

Researchers found that in the second half of 2023, several major block builders excluded Tornado Cash transactions from MEV blocks.

There's new legislation designed to prevent a digital dollar from intruding on consumer privacy — with a report also revealing how central banks could enhance CBDC adoption.

For all the key details of new blockchain projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, stablecoins and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' has you covered. A senior Indian regulator has admitted that the traditional finance sector needs to compete

For all the key details of new blockchain projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, stablecoins and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' has you covered. On February 16, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) published a note discussing the

In Coinbase’s ‘America Loves Crypto’ marketing campaign, the exchange claims that 52 million Americans, or 20 percent of the country’s population, own crypto. However, the Federal Reserve puts the figure at around 10%. So which (if any) is true?

The Fed Board issued an enforcement action against 136-year-old Farmington State Bank, which has previously been associated with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's Alameda Research.