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Ether, Solana Lead Losses Among Major Cryptos, Analysts See Further Declines After Fed Rate Hikes
26.7.2022
No clear buy signal emerged for bitcoin and a poor macroeconomic situation still dominates, one analyst said
Analysts Suspect the Fed Will Bump Federal Funds Rate by 75 bps Next Week, Others Predict the ‘Biggest Hike in Decades’
20.7.2022
Following the recent U.S. consumer price index report that indicated inflation in America has reached a 40-year high, many expect the Federal Reserve to hike the benchmark interest rate by 75 to 100 basis points (bps) on July 26. Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions expects the Fed to raise...
Gold ‘Clearly Turned Bearish’ Says Societe Generale as TD Securities Strategists Expect Further Downside
20.7.2022
According to market analysts, the precious metal gold is officially in a bear market and prices could remain suppressed over the next few weeks. Moreover, while the macroeconomic backdrop has been gloomy, the popular safe haven asset has lost 17.50% in value against the U.S. dollar during the last...
India Hikes Duty on Imported Gold, Seeking to Bring Down Trade Deficit
6.7.2022
In its attempt to relieve the pressure against the rupee, the Indian government announced on July 1 that it had hiked the duty on imported gold by five percentage points to 12.5%. However, there are fears the import duty hike will spur a resurgence in the smuggling of the commodity. India’s...
Do Rate Hikes Matter? Bitcoin Traders Learn How Fed Moves Markets in Twitter Era
30.6.2022
Bitcoin price rises to $20.7K as Fed's Powell says more rate hikes 'appropriate'
22.6.2022
Testimony from the Fed Chair provides no surprises while risk assets meander on the Wall Street open
Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester Is ‘Not Predicting a Recession,’ Says Inflation Will Move Down
20.6.2022
Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank president Loretta Mester doesn’t think a recession will take place in the United States but believes it will take two years to get inflation back down to 2%. While speaking during an interview on Sunday, Mester explained that while it will take two years...
Bitcoin Better at Tackling Rate Hikes than Ethereum, Stocks - Report
17.6.2022
Bitcoin (BTC) is the best asset to “moderate the economic impact” of major interest rate announcements, according to a new report from Babel Finance, a crypto-financial services provider.
The report, written by Babel Finance analysts Robbie Liu and Yuanming Qiu, arrived at its conclusions...
Market Wrap: Fed Hikes Rates at Highest Level Since 1994, Bitcoin Rallies After
15.6.2022
MarketWrap Tuesday, June 15th
US Central Bank Hikes Benchmark Rate by 75 bps, Fed’s Largest Increase Since 1994
15.6.2022
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate by 75 basis points (bps) on Wednesday, and it was the largest increase since 1994. According to the Fed member’s expectations, the central bank will likely add another 1.5 percentage points by the year’s end. Fed Hikes Rate by...
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Defends $30K as ECB Preps First Rate Hike in More Than Decade
9.6.2022
The latest moves in crypto markets in context for June and 9, 2022
The Fed’s Christopher Waller Wants 50 bps Rate Hikes Until Inflation Subsides, US Savings Data Plummets
31.5.2022
Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller has detailed he is ready to get behind 50 bps rate hikes until the extreme inflationary pressures plaguing the U.S. economy subsides. Waller stressed that until inflation is reduced he doesn’t “see the point of stopping” 50 bps rate...
Fed Has ‘Limited Firepower’ for Rate Hikes, Current Expectations Already Priced in for Bitcoin - CoinShares
27.5.2022
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) has “limited firepower” to raise interest rates due to high oil prices and a threat of recession -- and this could lead to higher bitcoin (BTC) prices, the crypto research and investment firm CoinShares has said. Meanwhile, others also remain positive for...
Billionaire Investor Bill Ackman Says Unless the Fed Aggressively Hikes Rates, Stock Market Could Crash, ‘Catalyzing an Economic Collapse’
25.5.2022
Billionaire hedge fund manager and founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, Bill Ackman, believes “inflation is out of control.” The investor thinks that if the Federal Reserve “doesn’t do its job” by applying “aggressive monetary tightening,”...
China Backed Publication: Terra LUNA Crash Vindicates Country’s Ban on Crypto-Related Activities
16.5.2022
An op-ed article published in the state-backed Chinese publication Economic Daily, has suggested that the recent crash of the Terra blockchain’s LUNA and the de-pegging of the UST stablecoin vindicate the Asian country’s decision to ban crypto-related activities. In the article,...
Dollar Near Two Decade High as CPI Maintains U.S. Rate Hikes
12.5.2022
The greenback has moved aggressively in the market, soaring close to its highest level since 2002. The mitigating CPI rates from April gave this much-needed push. With favoring numbers from the reports, the Federal Reserve decides on aggressive policy changes to keep the momentum. While the market...
US Fed hikes interest rates, Bitcoin plunges below $36K, and Argentina’s central bank says no to financial institutions offering crypto: Hodler’s Digest, May 1-7
7.5.2022
Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones: ‘It’s Hard Not to Want to Be Long Crypto’
5.5.2022
Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones expects crypto to have a bright future as the Fed hikes interest rates to fight inflation. The famed investor emphasized, “It’s hard not to want to be long crypto.” Famed Hedge Fund Manager Paul Tudor Jones on Bitcoin, Crypto...
US Central Bank Raises Rates by Half a Percentage Point, Fed’s Powell Says Similar Hikes Are on the Table
4.5.2022
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised the benchmark interest rate on Wednesday and the increase was the biggest rate hike in two decades. “Inflation is much too high,” the central bank’s chair Jerome Powell said after the Fed raised rates by 0.5%. FOMC Decides to Hike Rate by 3/4...
Fed Hikes Rate at Fastest Pace in 22 Years, Will Start Shrinking Balance Sheet
4.5.2022
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell announced Wednesday that the central bank will start shrinking its balance sheet and lift the fed-funds rate by a 0.5 percentage point