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US House Financial Services Committee leadership takes opposing sides on the PayPal stablecoin

PayPal’s launch of a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin has prompted questions from Democratic members of the House Financial Services Committee, while Republican leadership said the coin showed the potential of regulatory clarity.In an Aug. 9 statement, committee ranking member Maxine Waters said she was “deeply concerned” about the PayPal USD (PYUSD)

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Nvidia Swaps Sides from Opposing Microsoft to Offering ‘Full Support’ for Regulatory Approval of Activision Blizzard Acquisition

Microsoft is expanding its gaming unit to pacify opposers and prevent the Activision Blizzard takeover from being obstructed. After initially opposing tech giant Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) over acquiring video game company Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), software company Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has allied with Microsoft to bring Xbox PC games to its

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Ex-Fed vice-chair Quarles has lost none of his fervor in opposing US CBDC

Former United States Federal Reserve vice-chair for supervision Randal Quarles discussed central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and the chances of the U.S. adopting such technology in an interview on the "Banking With Interest" podcast Tuesday. Quarles, who is known for his opposition to a CBDC, expressed his skepticism about the so-called

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