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The recent ambiguous messaging from the Federal Open Market Committee’s meeting, which left markets struggling to interpret signals from the FOMC statement and Chair Jerome Powell’s comments, is typical of the abstruse signals that can be found in central bank policy-setting. But new tools, such as blockchain’s cryptographic verification systems, could guide policymakers’ decisions.
Members of our CoinDesk editorial team got together on Twitter Spaces today to assess the big picture at Consensus 2023 and share their takeaways on the critical issues that will shape how the industry continues to unfold.
This year’s CoinDesk Consensus event, which will bring key policy and technical debates to the forefront, is especially important. While the withdrawal of a handful of previously agreed-upon speaking assignments undermines full representation on both sides of the issues, non-U.S. jurisdiction involvement will make 2023’s Consensus one to remember.
In order to prevent the potentially destructive impact of AI on humanity, we need open-source innovation and collective governance that is possible through blockchain protocols and Web3, rather than the monopoly defaulting structure of Web2, according to Michael Casey, CoinDesk’s chief content officer.
Washington’s “war in crypto” continues to occupy minds in the crypto industry. This week, CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey tackles the apparent rise in hostility from U.S. regulators from a different angle: revenge.
The recent collapse of three high-profile banks – Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank – has caused worrying outflows at hundreds of regional banks. Now, with the U.S. Federal Reserve creating a new backstop facility reportedly worth $2 trillion and Switzerland’s central bank bailing out Credit Suisse to the tune of $54 billion, the echoes of prior crisis in 2008 and 2013 are loud.
Tokenization of real-world assets has been dismissed by many crypto purists for operating under a centralized framework, but new technological advances have migrated the process from closed, permissioned projects onto public, permissionless blockchain platforms. This could offset traditional finance risks and broaden investment opportunities.
Of all the Securities and Exchange Commission’s actions against crypto entities that have stirred the industry’s ire, the agency’s recent move forcing New York-based Paxos to cease issuing its partner Binance’s BUSD stablecoin is the most deserving of an outcry. How, critics rightfully asked, can a token that’s explicitly designed not to fluctuate in price be considered a security?