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Kevin Warsh prepares for Friday White House swearing-in as new Fed era begins
May 18, 2026
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by Jai Hamid
for CryptoPolitan
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Donald Trump plans to swear in Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair at the White House on Friday after a recruitment process that began in summer 2025 and a partisan Senate confirmation last week. The leadership change could affect crypto markets via interest rate and regulatory policy shifts, creating uncertainty for stablecoins, DeFi platforms, CEXs and token performance and posing short-term regulatory risk to adoption and fundraising.
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Donald Trump is reportedly planning to swear in Kevin Warsh as the Federal Reserve’s new chairman at the White House on Friday, according to CNBC. Trump selected Kevin following a recruitment process that started in the summer of 2025 and lasted until last week, when he was confirmed by the Senate following a partisan confirmation...
