Declan Harty
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Reporter @politico. The SEC, CFTC & U.S. capital markets. @UofIllinois alum. [email protected]. Signal: declanharty.56
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Joined May 2012
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New: Wall Street is bracing for a clash pitting upstart cryptocurrency firms against traditional financial heavyweights. At stake could be nothing less than the future of stock trading. via @politico.
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Wall Street traditionalists, who once downplayed the threat of crypto, are fighting back.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling on SEC Chair Paul Atkins to divulge who bought his influential financial consulting business, Patomak Global Partners, and for how much. From today's Morning Money:
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RT @meganmesserly: President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will not be the next chair of the Federal Reserv….
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The president, in an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box, said Bessent told him Monday evening that he does not want the job as central bank head.
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RT @samjsutton: Budget constraints and workforce cuts have taken a toll on the Labor Department’s production of economic data. And that was….
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The statistical agency's problems predate Trump, but experts say it can't be easily fixed without more resources
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RT @vtg2: Fed Governor Adriana Kugler announced Friday that she will step down from her position on the central bank’s board, effective Aug….
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Adriana Kugler was confirmed for the central bank’s board in 2023.
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RT @d_harrison: This is big: Trump demands firing of BLS chief after soft jobs report via @politico.
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The monthly jobs report showed just 73,000 jobs in July, with big reductions to May's and June's numbers
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RT @vtg2: President Trump says he's firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics -- the agency that produces monthly jobs data.
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RT @alexanderburns: Eye-widening scoop from @declanharty & @SophiaCai99 — a revealing snapshot of power in today’s Washington.
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Despite delaying a vote to advance Brian Quintenz's nomination to be CFTC chair out of committee, the White House is backing Quintenz today in a new statement.
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New: Crypto billionaires Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss pressed President Donald Trump over the weekend to reconsider his nominee to lead a small but powerful Wall Street regulator that helps oversee the $4 trillion market. w/@SophiaCai99 .
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The Trump-supporting billionaire twins told the president that his nominee for Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair was not the right fit.
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RT @meredithllee: NEW: A very public fight over banning members of Congress from trading stocks is waiting for House Republicans in Sept. R….
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The GOP-led discharge petition could amplify Republican leaders' headaches this fall.
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A White House official says that Brian Quintenz is still President Trump's nominee for CFTC chair after Senate Ag punted on a vote to advance his nomination.
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RT @samjsutton: Welcome to the next chapter of @politico’s Morning Money. Our new Friday Capital Risk edition will cover political volatili….
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RT @vtg2: President Donald Trump took his fight to the Federal Reserve on Thursday — literally.
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Fed staff told reporters that it would have been less expensive to just build a new building rather than restore the two historic properties.
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RT @politico: The Fed, under fire from Trump, gives media a sneak peek at HQ construction
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Fed staff told reporters that it would have been less expensive to just build a new building rather than restore the two historic properties.
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RT @samjsutton: Today’s Morning Money: While he isn’t using the phrase, Trump is making arguments in favor of a form of fiscal dominance. A….
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RT @politico: ‘Put up or shut up’: Landmark win in Congress to test crypto's viability
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Congress has kicked off the biggest test yet of whether the industry can become the financial disruptor that it claims to be.
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President Donald Trump just signed into law a landmark bill laying out a new regulatory framework for stablecoins, a major win for the crypto industry. It also marks "a put up or shut up moment" for crypto.
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Congress has kicked off the biggest test yet of whether the industry can become the financial disruptor that it claims to be.
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RT @politico: House sends crypto bill to Trump in historic win for industry
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House lawmakers also passed a second, much broader crypto market structure bill that will now go to the Senate.
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