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La caída de los mercados reduce rendimientos de bonos del Tesoro y da esperanza a las criptomonedas

El secretario del Tesoro, Scott Bessent, afirmó el martes por la mañana que la administración Trump está decidida a bajar las tasas de interés.

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Trump elige a Scott Bessent, gestor de fondos de cobertura pro-criptomonedas, como secretario del Tesoro.

Si el Senado confirma a Bessent, la próxima persona cuya firma estará en el anverso de la moneda estadounidense será un fanático de los activos digitales creados para reemplazar el sistema financiero convencional.

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Howard Lutnick, banquero de Tether en Wall Street, es la elección de Trump para jefe de Comercio, no secretario del Tesoro.

Lutnick, cuyo Cantor Fitzgerald ha sido custodio de Tether desde 2021, ha sido un firme defensor de Bitcoin y USDT durante años.

Howard Lutnick is a fan of bitcoin and Tether's USDT. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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XRP Price Surges Amid Record Futures Bets; Who Will Be the Next U.S. Treasury Secretary?

XRP surged to a three-year high over the weekend to more than $1.20 with futures bets soaring to record levels. Plus, Polymarket bettors put their money on who the next Treasury Secretary will be. "CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today.

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Tras meses de negociaciones, el senador Brown abre la puerta a la legislación Cripto

El presidente del Comité Bancario del Senado –el ingrediente faltante en esfuerzos anteriores– ha invitado a la secretaria del Tesoro, Janet Yellen, a comenzar a trabajar con él en la legislación.

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), chairman of the Senate Banking Commitee (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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Yellen Stresses Importance of Regulatory Framework for Digital Assets; Tether Cuts Commercial Paper Holdings to Zero

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reiterated the importance of building a regulatory framework for digital assets. Stablecoin issuer Tether reduced its commercial paper holdings to zero and replaced them with U.S. Treasury bills. Bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital's executives have included sweeping legal immunity for themselves in the proposed agreement for their assets to be sold to FTX.US for $1.4 billion.

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House Bill Could Let Treasury Secretary Block International Crypto Transactions

U.S. House of Representatives introduced the America COMPETES Act designed to advance U.S. competitiveness and leadership around the globe earlier this week.

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