Just minutes from now, Fed Chair Jerome Powell will lead a rate-setting panel at today\u2019s Federal Reserve meeting where the central bank is expected to lower interest rates by 25 to 50 basis points. But before the rate cut decision is revealed, the inflatable \u201cBitcoin rat\u201d designed by artist Nelson Saiers has made a return.<\/p>\n
The giant inflatable Bitcoin rat is currently installed at Jekyll Island, a secluded island off the coast of Georgia where a secret meeting was held over 100 years ago that led to the birth of the Federal Reserve. The fall 1910 meeting brought together six of the most influential bankers of the era to devise a plan outlining how to prevent another Panic of 1907.<\/p>\n
The Panic of 1907 led to a 50% collapse of the stock market and numerous bank runs nationwide. What they came up with was ultimately the foundation for the Federal Reserve. The meeting was so secretive, participants were invited under the guise of a duck hunting trip and were asked to only use first names.<\/p>\n
Financial journalist and Forbes Magazine founder Bertie Charles Forbes, described the event as the \u201cstrangest, most secretive expedition in the history of American finance.\u201d The art demonstration is aimed at shedding light on the ongoing impact this secret meeting between bankers still has today as the public awaits today\u2019s Fed rate cut decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany people feel our system is pro-banker and not for the little guy. Given the Fed was devised by bankers in secret its not hard for people to be even a bit more suspicious that the game may not be as fair as they\u2019d like,\u201d explained the exhibit\u2019s creator, Nelson Saiers.<\/p>\n
The artist behind the Bitcoin rat, Nelson Saiers, is an American mathematical and financial artist and former hedge fund manager. Referred to as the Warhol of Wall Street, Saiers\u2019 work often takes a jab at the Federal Reserve.<\/p>\n
Saiers has also taken a keen interest in Bitcoin. His now famous inflatable rat is adorned with code from the Bitcoin protocol. \u201cThe size of our national debt is very troubling. I think these are some of the forces that excite people about Bitcoin,\u201d Saiers revealed. \u201cBitcoin is showing it\u2019s been very resilient, even after issues like FTX,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n
In addition to coinciding with today\u2019s Fed meeting, Saiers also sought to launch the installation on the anniversary of the day the US House of Representatives passed the Federal Reserve Act in 1923. Three months later on December 23, 1913, the Federal Reserve Act was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Just minutes from now, Fed Chair Jerome Powell will lead a rate-setting panel at today\u2019s Federal Reserve meeting where the central bank is expected to lower interest rates by 25 to 50 basis points. But before the rate cut decision is revealed, the inflatable \u201cBitcoin rat\u201d designed by artist Nelson Saiers has made a return. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7867"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}