🤖AI Takeover 🤖 🔥 FOMC - Interest Rates Hold Steady 💰 Tether & Chainalysis Launch New RWA Platform 🚀 Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade Incoming 🤝 Revolut Teams Up with Lightspark for Lightning Network
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Blockchain DXB Podcast📅 Episode Date: 08th May 2025🎧 Episode Title: FOMC Interest Unchained | Tether x Chainalysis | Ethereum Pectra | Revolut Lightning

🔍 About this Episode:This episode is part of the Blockchain DXB AI Takeover Series, an ongoing collection of episodes created 100% by AI using Google’s Notebook LM. The series offers cutting-edge insights into blockchain and crypto, curated and synthesized by artificial intelligence.

- Federal Reserve Holds Rates steady at 4.25%–4.5%.

- Key Points:

- Solid economic growth & low unemployment.

- Inflation remains elevated.

- Fed remains focused on maximum employment and 2% inflation.

- Future policy will remain data-dependent.

- All members, including Chair Jerome Powell, approved the decision.🔗 FOMC Press Release)🔗 Powell’s Full Speech)🎯 Market Focus: What does this mean for #BTC and #crypto markets?

- Major Ethereum network upgrade to enhance performance and developer experience.

- Key Benefits:

- Introduction of smart accounts.

- Increased staking limits.

- Enhanced scalability via new EIPs.

- For users: Faster and cheaper transactions.

- For developers: More efficient dApp building tools.🔗 Official Announcement on X (Twitter))

- Tether’s new platform Hadron aims to set the standard for compliant tokenization.

- Collaboration with Chainalysis enhances trust and transparency in digital assets.

- Features:

- Real-time risk monitoring.

- Built-in KYC/KYT compliance.

- Enterprise-friendly API integration.

- Statements from:

- Paolo Ardoino (Tether CEO)

- Jonathan Levin (Chainalysis CEO)🔗 Full Report)

- Revolut integrates with Lightspark’s Lightning Network infrastructure.

- Faster, cheaper Bitcoin transactions now available in the UK and select EEA countries.

- Comments:

- Emil Urmanshin (Revolut GM Crypto): “Affordable, real-time finance.”

- David Marcus (Lightspark CEO): “Pushing the open Money Grid.”🔗 Official Blog)

- ⚡ Animoca Brands opens its first MENA office.

- 🤖 Saudi Arabia opens registration to train 1 million citizens in AI.🔗 See Full Slides)

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