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The Federal Reserve just delivered its most contentious policy vote since the Clinton years, holding rates steady while President Trump viciously heckled from the sidelines.

Two Trump-appointed governors, Christopher Waller and Michelle Bowman, broke ranks and demanded a rate cut as the president publicly called for the Fed board to “assume control” if Chair Jerome Powell refused to play ball. Powell, meanwhile, played it cool, insisting the debate was healthy and that the Fed isn’t about to take marching orders from Pennsylvania Avenue.

From Powell’s POV: inflation’s cooled, but tariffs are back, and nobody wants to be the one who cuts rates right before prices spike again. Most policymakers are still in “wait and see” mode, worried that Trump’s tariff blitz could push up costs just as the job market starts to wobble. Investors, for their part, barely flinched.

The SEC, under new Chair Paul Atkins, unveiled “Project Crypto,” a sweeping plan to drag securities rules into the on-chain era, with the full blessing of President Trump’s White House.

Gone are the days of crypto bros living in fear of regulation-by-enforcement and “Operation Chokepoint 2.0.” Atkins is promising clear categories for digital assets, easier licensing, and a regulatory sandbox for crypto startups to actually innovate without a lawyer on speed dial.

In other news, the Treasury Secretary is bull posting about crypto, so… there’s also that.

The White House’s own 166-page report calls for Congress to get moving on new crypto laws, while the SEC and CFTC are set to share oversight duties. The goal is to make America the “crypto capital of the world” (MATCCOTW?) and lure back the companies that fled under the previous regime. Critics are already clutching their pearls, warning this could open the door to another FTX-style meltdown, but the industry is celebrating. Markets are, too.

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Analysis provided by ​quiverquant.com.

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