Bitcoin took a symbolic step into the US central bank on Thursday as President Donald Trump nominated Dr. Stephen Miran, the White House Council of Economic Advisers chair, to fill a vacant seat on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors through January 31, 2026, pending Senate confirmation. The short-term appointment follows the early resignation of Governor Adriana Kugler and gives the White House an immediate voice at the Board while a longer-run personnel shuffle—most notably the question of who succeeds Chair Jerome Powell when his chairmanship ends on May 15, 2026—continues to loom.

Miran’s résumé straddles markets and policy. Before becoming CEA chair, he served at Treasury during the pandemic and worked in macro investing; he has since published work proposing to overhaul Fed gov

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