Morning Briefing: Fed vice chair expresses doubts on establishing digital dollar

$Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$traded 2.41% higher at $35,473 over 24 hours leading up to press time, while $Dogecoin (DOGE.CC)$traded 0.74% higher at $0.2626 in the same time frame. $Ethereum (ETH.CC)$rised 1.91% to $2,162 at press time over 24 hours.

Fed Governor Randal Quarles expressed skepticism about most arguments made in favor of a central bank digital currency. In a speech Monday, he said a digital dollar "could pose significant and concrete risks."

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$Exela Technologies (XELA.US)$Exela Technologies, Inc announced that U.S. District Judge Sydney A. Fitzwater has granted Exela’s motion to dismiss in its entirety the Texas federal securities class action suit filed March 2020 on last Friday.

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$Celcuity (CELC.US)$Celcuity Inc, a clinical-stage biotechnology company pursuing an integrated companion diagnostic and therapeutic strategy for treating patients with cancer, today announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 2,250,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $25.00 per share.