{"id":2556,"date":"2017-07-13T15:44:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T15:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/?p=2556"},"modified":"2022-03-08T15:48:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T13:48:52","slug":"buy-bitcoin-sign-appeared-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/buy-bitcoin-sign-appeared-congress.html","title":{"rendered":"Buy Bitcoin Sign appeared at Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Federal Reserve chair <strong>Janet Yellen<\/strong> testified at the Congress today, one attendee showed a buy bitcoin sign.<\/p>\n<p>Yellen appeared before the <strong>House Financial Services Committee<\/strong> to talk about\u00a0the state of the US economy and field questions from committee members. As chief of the US central bank, Yellen also spoke about a recent semi-annual report delivered to Congress by the Fed.<\/p>\n<p>As chief of the US central bank, Yellen also talked about a recent semi-annual report delivered to Congress by the Fed.<\/p>\n<p>While Yellen was expressing her willingness to raise interest rates amidst a healthier economic climate (following years of near-zero rates instituted in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis), there was one attendee who captured media coverage because he held up a buy bitcoin sign behind Yellen.<\/p>\n<p>A screenshot of the event was tweeted by CNBC Steve Kopack, and later shared by other people who have been watching Yellen&#8217;s testimony.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4754\" src=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Buy-Bitcoin-Yellen.jpeg\" alt=\"buy bitcoin sign\" width=\"1500\" height=\"796\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The identity of the man who held up the buy bitcoin sign is not clear yet.<\/p>\n<p>Yet in a follow-up tweet, Wall Street Journal national economics correspondent Nick Timiraos reported that the individual, along with another, had left the room &#8220;after a staffer made some instruction to them.&#8221; Video published by Bloomberg shows the two individuals being spoken to by a staffer.<\/p>\n<p>Yellen, who told in 2014 that the Fed <em>&#8220;doesn&#8217;t have the authority to supervise or regulate bitcoin in any way&#8221; \u2013<\/em> remarked that she believes that the blockchain is an <em>&#8220;important technology&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to her work, the <strong>Fed decided to publish some of its internal researchers<\/strong> into the distributed ledger tech, releasing its first report on the topic back in December.<\/p>\n<p>Open your free digital wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/app#!\/signup\">here<\/a> to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen testified at the Congress today, one attendee showed a buy bitcoin sign. 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