Federal Reserve & Fed Chair Controversy

The Senate Banking Committee just dropped updated market-structure language that would allow certain stablecoin rewards, setting up a major flashpoint ahead of markup and potentially reshaping how platforms can incentivize stablecoin use. At the same time, the market rotated hard into the privacy trade with Monero ripping into the top 15 and printing fresh all-time highs as headlines around privacy-token restrictions (including the UAE ban narrative) reignited demand for censorship-resistant assets.