Crypto’s Gone Legit? Powell Says It’s Time to Tame the Wild Digital West!

Ah, the digital coin circus has marched right into the centre ring, and who’s there waxing poetic? None other than Jerome Powell, the chap who runs the Fed’s show. Amidst tales of fraud that would make even a pickpocket blush, he shared that though the Fed has been rubbing elbows with lawmakers to whip stablecoins into shape, the rulebook is still as empty as Aunt Agatha’s promise to “have a word” with Bingo.

That said, Powell gave a stiff nod to the fact that these cryptic assets are no longer just gatherings of fly-by-nighters. Especially stablecoins, which have caught on like a new dance craze at the Drones Club, attracting widespread consumer curiosity (and presumably a bit of bewilderment).

In his infinite wisdom, Powell suggested it’s high time to impose some sort of “structured oversight” because, without it, consumers might find themselves as lost as Bertie Wooster without Jeeves, wandering in a fog of financial peril.

On a cheeky side note, the Fed has been playing hardball with banks dabbling in these digital doodads—think less “wild west” and more “mild mittens.” But our man Powell hinted that some of those pesky restrictions might get the old heave-ho eventually, provided the Fed doesn’t accidentally unleash chaos worthy of a Wodehousian farce.

Nevertheless, he’s pledging a delicate dance, promising that any regulatory shifts will be handled with the care usually reserved for a soufflé—lest the whole financial soufflé collapse before our very eyes.

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2025-04-16 21:21