Janus Henderson's CEO Rick Wurster (Rick Wurster) told analysts on a conference call this week: “We do hope to offer SpotCrypto Assets services, and we expect that the regulations on Crypto Assets will eventually allow us to do so.” The Financial Times reported that the US SEC later on Thursday overturned the guidance known as SAB 121, potentially opening the door for Wall Street banks to custody Crypto Assets.

Odaily Planet Daily News: Rick Rieder, responsible for global fixed income and global asset allocation at BlackRock, pointed out that despite the strong performance of the CPI index this week, inflation may be declining. However, he believes that this is the "golden age of fixed income, not because interest rates are falling, but because you can earn a lot of income in your investment portfolio." At the same time, ironically, he wonders if the continued high interest rates will make it more difficult for the Fed to achieve its 2% inflation target, as the Fed has put a large amount of funds into the hands of high-income families. (Bloomberg)

Sina Finance News, BlackRock's Chief Investment Officer Rick Rieder: The European Central Bank may cut interest rates around June.

Odaily Due to concerns that the digital dollar will invade personal privacy, US Republican lawmakers have once again introduced legislation to block efforts to introduce Central Bank Digital Money (CBDCs) in the United States. On Monday, U.S. Senators Ted Cruz, Bill Hagerty, Rick Scott, Ted Budd, and Mike Braun jointly filed legislation titled "CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act." Former President Donald Trump, the leader in the Republican leadership race, has pledged to ban the creation of CBDCs. （CoinDesk）

PANews reported on February 26 that, according to Fox Business Channel, Republicans in the U.S. Senate are determined to limit the Federal Reserve's ability to create Central Bank Digital Money, which lays the groundwork for the debut of the digital dollar as an issue in the 2024 presidential campaign. Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, a senior member of the Senate Commerce Committee, said he and four Senate colleagues, including Bill Hagerty, Republican of Tennessee, Rick Scott, Republican of Florida, Ted Budd, Republican of North Carolina, and Mike Braun, Republican of Indiana, will introduce a new bill called the Central Bank Digital Money Anti-Surveillance State Act. The legislation, which Cruz will introduce in the Senate on Monday, says the Fed has no authority to issue CBDCs to Americans without congressional authorization. The new bill, which is also supported by organizations such as Legacy Action America, the Blockchain Association and the American Bankers Association, will serve as collateral legislation to the Central Bank Digital Money Anti-Surveillance State Act of House Long multi-party whip Tom Emmer, which was reintroduced in the House of Representatives in September. It has 75 MPs as co-sponsors. Cruz's bill, like Emmer's, aims to stop the Federal Reserve and its member banks from issuing CBDCs and use them to implement monetary policy and gain broader control over the economy. It is reported that although the Federal Reserve has not yet made a decision on the implementation of CBDC, the Biden administration has made CBDC research a top priority.

Rick Rieder, BlackRock's global chief investment officer (CIO) and head of global allocation, said BlackRock's current exposure to Bitcoin is very small, but this may change as public attitudes change, and the company's portfolio may gain more Bitcoin exposure in the coming years. "Time will tell if it will become an important part of the asset allocation framework, and I think it will become more and more embraced over time," he said. "As more and more people turn to Bitcoin as an asset, we believe its upside potential is real, which has recently been recognized," Rieder added.

Rick Rieder, chief investment officer of BlackRock Global Fixed Income, said that the market's expectation that the Fed will start cutting interest rates in March may be too early. With Treasuries selling off across the board, Rieder said, "I think today's contraction is justified to some extent." The market movement reflects that Powell does not intend to "start cutting rates so quickly and aggressively." Rieder said he was surprised by Powell's dovish tone at the FOMC meeting. Rieder says he's underweight the short end of the yield curve and is bullish on the middle of the curve when the Fed does start pivoting. The sharp drop in longer-maturity Treasury yields has been a surprise, with Reider saying, "The need for the long end of the curve has been one of the strangest things I've seen." Historically, 30-year Treasury yields just above 4% have been "less attractive" and include "duration risk" at a time when short-end yields are higher.

According to CNBC news, BlackRock's chief investment officer Rick Rieder said that the Fed's interest rate hike cycle is over.

Golden Finance reported that Rick Rieder, chief investment officer of BlackRock's global fixed income department, said in an email after the release of U.S. non-farm payroll data on Friday that the Federal Reserve may now end its anti-inflation battle because the U.S. labor market has declined over the past three years. It is cooling after creating a historic 26 million jobs. In fact, 26 million jobs is equivalent to adding the total population of an economy the size of Australia.

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