According to reports, US President Donald Trump will nominate Bitcoin-friendly Kevin Warsh to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve when he announces his choice on Friday.
Trump said Thursday that he would announce his choice Friday morning to replace current central bank governor Jerome Powell, whose term ends in May, Bloomberg. reporting that people familiar with the matter say the president is expected to announce Warsh’s nomination.
Reuters has had this before reported that Trump met on Thursday with Warsh, who was Fed governor from 2006 to 2011, and one person briefed on the discussion said he was impressed by Warsh.
Varsha chances the nomination percentage for the next Federal Reserve chairman rose from 30% to 95% on forecasting market Polymarket, and his odds of former leader, BlackRock executive Rick Rieder, fell to 3.4%.
Warsh boasts similar ones chances being Trump’s pick for Kalshi – 93%, while Rieder and economist Kevin Hassett – 5% and 2%, respectively.
Warsh is widely seen as a Federal Reserve chairman nominee who would call for fiscal restraint, lower inflation and an exit from quantitative easing.
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Warsh has a much more favorable view of Bitcoin (BTC) than Powell, who has largely dismissed the cryptocurrency’s role in the U.S. economy.
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In a July interview with the Hoover Institution Warsh released the idea that Bitcoin could undermine the Fed’s ability to manage the economy, stating that it could “provide market discipline.”
“Bitcoin doesn’t cause me any problems. I consider it an important asset that can help inform decision-makers when they are doing something right or wrong.”
“I think it can often be a very good policy cop,” Warsh said at the time.
The U.S. dollar strengthened and Treasury yields rose on growing expectations that Trump would choose the more hawkish Warsh over Rieder and Hassett.
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