Powell: The Fed Has No Authority to Purchase Bitcoin, Nor Is It Seeking That Power
BlockBeats News, June 25, Federal Reserve Chair Powell: The Fed does not have the legal authority to purchase Bitcoin, nor is it seeking that power. (Xinhua Finance)
Federal Reserve Chairman Powell is facing a serious policy dilemma: under immense government debt and political pressure, the Fed has had to abandon its independence and anti-inflation stance. Instead, it has resorted to measures like quantitative easing to finance the government, creating a situation of "fiscal dominance" similar to the Volcker era of the 1970s. This foreshadows the Fed's need to reinitiate loose monetary policy, which could potentially drive up the prices of assets like Bitcoin.
BTFPS are yield curve Controls (Yccs) repackaged in a new, shiny, more acceptable form and are a very clever way of enabling unlimited purchases of government bonds without actually buying them.