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Pressure is building inside the Federal Reserve’s funding network as its balance sheet runoff drags on. According to remarks delivered Thursday by Roberto Perli, who manages the System Open Market Account at the New York Fed, the central bank’s continued effort to unwind its massive securities portfolio is tightening liquidity in the repo market, raising concerns over how short-term interest rates will be managed going forward. Speaking at an event co-hosted by the New York Fed and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, Roberto said that as reserves decline from “abundant” to merely “ample,” funding costs in overnight markets are starting to climb. He explained that the repo market is already showing signs of stress, and this shift means tools like the Standing Repo Facility (SRF) will now play a more active role in interest rate control. The Federal Reserve began shrinking its debt holdings in June 2022. But in April 2025, policymakers decided to ease up on how much they let run off. They lowered the monthly cap on maturing Treasuries from $25 billion to $5 billion, but kept the limit for mortgage-backed securities steady at $35 billion. The adjustment reflects rising sensitivity in short-term markets as liquidity becomes harder to maintain. Despite the tightening trend, cash parked at the Federal Reserve by commercial banks actually climbed to $3.24 trillion for the week ending May 14. That’s up from $3 trillion the week before, and just slightly below where balances stood when the Fed first launched its quantitative tightening program. Wall Street analysts believe that to avoid systemic liquidity stress, that figure must stay above $3 trillion to $3.25 trillion. Roberto noted that the rise in repo rates isn’t inherently alarming, saying, “It represents a normalization of liquidity conditions and is not a cause for concern.” But he also admitted the trend will increase the importance of the SRF in the coming months, stating, “In the future the SRF is likely to be more important for rate control than it has been in the recent past.” The SRF allows eligible banks and primary dealers to borrow overnight by offering Treasuries and agency debt in exchange for cash. It was designed to give the Federal Reserve more control over short-term rates without flooding markets with excess reserves. But Roberto admitted the facility is far from perfect. He said, “The more frictionless the facility is, the more effective it will be, and the lower the reserve buffer needed to account for the uncertainty that is inherent in monetary policy implementation.” To that end, he revealed that the New York Fed plans to make early-settlement operations a permanent feature in its schedule. These additional operations were already tested in December and March, two periods when repo rates typically spike as banks reduce activity to clean up balance sheets for regulatory reasons. Even so, the SRF hasn’t seen the kind of participation policymakers would like. Roberto pointed to a list of hurdles preventing firms from using it. Dealers are unable to net the transactions off their own balance sheets, and there’s a lack of clarity around how bids are awarded during operations. Both problems make it more expensive and uncertain for participants. “These frictions add to the costs that counterparties face when using the facility,” Roberto said. “They generally require private market repo rates to trade materially above the SRF minimum bid rate before using the facility.” He emphasized that these issues were especially obvious during the liquidity crunch in December 2024. The Federal Reserve isn’t walking away from QT just yet , but the funding strain is real, and officials are watching closely. Roberto’s remarks make one thing clear: the central bank’s efforts to shrink its presence in markets will now rely more heavily on technical tools like the SRF — tools that still have some serious kinks to work out. Cryptopolitan Academy: Coming Soon - A New Way to Earn Passive Income with DeFi in 2025. Learn More

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$FRAGMA | @fragma_io Introducing Little Grey Thing (LGT) v3 by Fragma Innovative hardware is beautiful and complex. At Fragma, they set out to design their own as part of the broader Fragma Ecosystem. What is LGT? Little Grey Thing is an encrypted hard drive unlocked only by your Web3 account key. No passwords. No backdoors. Truly unbreakable vault-grade security. Why v3? After extensive R&D and multiple prototypes, v1 and v2 didn’t meet our standards. Now, with v3, we’re closer than ever to the perfect fusion of: •Classic hardware engineering •Web3 authentication •True privacy-first design What’s Next? Today, their revealing the first teaser: E-ink screen testing for LGT v3. This marks the beginning of the LGT saga from concept to engineering, design, and a working prototype. Pre-Orders Coming Soon The world’s first hardware vault built at the intersection of Web3 and privacy is almost here. Pre-orders open in the coming weeks. This news came in massive and unexpected. Big chads loading up. I see us going back to All Time Highs and beyond. Not financial advice! #LittleGreyThing #LGT #Fragma #Web3Hardware #EncryptedStorage #HardwareVault #DigitalPrivacy #Web3Security #Eink #CryptoVault #NextGenHardware #SecureStorage #PrivacyByDesign #BlockchainTech #PreOrderSoon #FutureIsBright

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Xu Zhengyu: There is a great demand for stablecoins in Hong Kong, and the virtual asset and gold commodity markets will be developed simultaneously Hong Kong Financial Services and Treasury Secretary Paul Chan said that Hong Kong is currently developing the virtual asset market and the gold commodity market at the same time. Hong Kong will open up new financial fields, including financial technology, virtual assets, stablecoins and green finance. This week, it will seek the support of the Legislative Council to establish a legal regulatory framework for stablecoins. There is also a great demand in the market for this, so the next step must be to continue to innovate and expand new markets. (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government News Release)