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Yellen: Cryptocurrency market turbulence is not a ‘real threat’ to US financial stability.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that the turbulence in the cryptocurrency market is not a hazard for the stability of the US financial system. Yellen noted that TerraUSD USTUSD, -50.71% had decoupled from its $1 peg in recent days and the world’s largest stablecoin, tether, was briefly under similar pressure. Other companies in the […]

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Bitcoin Prices Fall. Cryptos Pressured as Terra’s Meltdown Intensifies.

Bitcoin prices have suffered a route over the past week alongside other cryptocurrencies. dreamstime Textsize Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies remained under pressure Wednesday, but above their Tuesday lows, with the focus on the meltdown of stablecoin TerraUSD, which is designed to be pegged to the US dollar. The price of Bitcoin fell 2% over the […]