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Fed’s Powell Hints at Continued Elevated Rates; Fedwatch Tool Indicates Near-Certain Hike Next Month
19.10.2023
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stressed on Thursday the U.S. central bank remains committed to bringing down inflation and will maintain restrictive monetary policy until prices cool. Speaking at the Economic Club of New York, Powell hinted that further interest rate hikes may be appropriate...
Crypto World Cautiously Hopeful as California Acts in Absence of U.S. Feds
18.10.2023
Crypto insiders feel they've been burned before in the cauldron of New York’s BitLicense, but they fell that California’s implementation leaves some room for hope
Feds’ Bowman Dampens Hope of a US-backed CBDC in the Future
18.10.2023
Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman believed that implementing U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) could pose significant risks and tradeoffs for the country’s economic system.
The Fed’s Governor announced this at the Harvard Law School event in Washington on October 17.
Bowman...
Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Under $27K amid Fed's Stance, Options Expiry, & ETF Awaits
25.9.2023
Bitcoin (BTC) was unable to maintain its upward rally from the previous week and remained below the $27,000 mark on Monday.
In fact, the overall cryptocurrency market was valued at $1.04 trillion at the time of this report, indicating a 1.08% drop in the past 24 hours.
However, this dip came...
Bitcoin Price Prediction: Fed's Stance, ETF Approval, & Yuan's Impact on BTC
22.9.2023
Bitcoin (BTC), the world's largest cryptocurrency, experienced a dip on Friday as it failed to maintain its upward momentum and dropped below $27,000.
Jerome Powell's statement about possible interest rate hikes caused a 1.5% decrease in the global crypto market to $1.06 trillion.
Bitcoin...
U.S. Fed’s Vice Chair Barr Says CBDC Decision Still a ‘Long Way’ Off
8.9.2023
The U.S. is far from making any decision on a central bank digital currency (CBDC), said Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Michael Barr, who described the Fed as still being in the “basic research” phase
Republican Trio Voices Concerns on Fed's Influence on Stablecoin Regulation
29.8.2023
Three Republican lawmakers have lashed out at the Federal Reserve regarding its recent moves to strengthen oversight of banks' cryptocurrency and stablecoin activities.
In a Monday letter to Fed Chair Jerome Powell, the lawmakers argued that these actions are undermining their efforts to pass...
Bitcoin Price Prediction as Crypto Billionaire Arthur Hayes Says BTC Will Benefit From Fed's 'Fiat Toilet Paper' Printing – Time to Buy?
26.8.2023
BitMEX co-founder, Arthur Hayes, projects an optimistic outlook for Bitcoin, especially in light of the Federal Reserve's current monetary policies.
He critiques the Fed's efforts to control inflation, emphasizing that assets like Bitcoin, which possess a finite supply, are set...
Bitcoin Dips Below $26K, Smaller Cryptos Head Lower on Fed's Powell's Hawkish Remarks
25.8.2023
Federal Reserve chair Powell speaking at Jackson Hole doubled down on keeping financial conditions tight, including hiking interest rates further if needed
Fed's Powell at Jackson Hole: Prepared to Raise Rates Further if Appropriate
25.8.2023
Market participants were looking to Friday morning's speech to gauge the future direction of the U.S. central bank's monetary policy
Bitcoin Gives Up Gains, Returns to $26K Ahead of Fed's Jerome Powell at Jackson Hole
24.8.2023
The Kansas City Federal Reserve's annual Jackson Hole Symposium is underway, and Powell will deliver his keynote address Friday morning
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC, ETH Drop to 5-Day Lows, as Traders Await Fed’s Jackson Hole Symposium
23.8.2023
Bitcoin continued to sit firmly below the $26,000 level on Wednesday, after breaking out of a key price floor. The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap has mostly consolidated in recent days, as traders await Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole this...
Legendary Investor Jeremy Grantham Predicts Inevitable US Recession, Challenges Fed’s Forecast
20.8.2023
A significant portion of investors and financial organizations surmise that the U.S. could avert a recession, but Jeremy Grantham, the co-founder of investment firm Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo (GMO), deems it inescapable. Grantham contends that the Federal Reserve’s optimistic prognosis...
Fed's Rate Hike Cycle Has Peaked, Investment Banks Say
7.8.2023
The end of the tightening cycle does not necessarily imply a quick pivot toward zero interest rate policy, meaning animal spirits may not return to the crypto market anytime soon
End of Fed’s Tightening Cycle: Bernanke, Majority of Polled Economists See Terminal Rate Hike Ahead
23.7.2023
With just a four-day window to go, the U.S. Federal Reserve appears primed to raise the federal funds rate by 25-basis-points (bps) at the forthcoming Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting scheduled for Wednesday. The market presently maintains the conviction that this quarter-point uptick...
US Government Transfers $300 Million Worth of Seized Silk Road Bitcoins
12.7.2023
On July 12, 2023, onchain data shows the U.S. government transferred 9,800 bitcoins (BTC), worth just over $300 million. These bitcoins originally came from James Zhong’s Silk Road hack. In March, the Department of Justice also moved a similar amount of bitcoins associated with Silk Road....
Big Banks, NY Fed’s Innovation Group See Merit in Digital Ledgers for Global Payments
6.7.2023
Citigroup Inc., HSBC, BNY Mellon and other global financial giants have been experimenting with what they call a “regulated liability network” for conducting round-the-clock, wholesale payments using shared ledgers, and a paper released Thursday suggests the system has potential
US Inflation Cools to 4% Annual Rate, Setting Stage for Fed’s Decision on Interest Rates
13.6.2023
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ consumer price index (CPI) report, released on Tuesday, reveals that inflation in the United States has eased to a yearly rate of 4%. The latest development arrives just ahead of the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting scheduled for June...
Bank of America Predicts Milds Recession After Fed’s Tightening Action
6.6.2023
Bank of America is predicting a mild recession will happen during the last two quarters of 2023. Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America stated that this recession will be the consequence of the U.S. Federal Reserve tightening actions in order to fight inflation, and how this will increase...
Bitcoin Recedes to $27K as Fed's Mester Favors Unabated Tightening
31.5.2023
"I don't really see a compelling reason to pause rate hikes," Fed's Master said, validating the recent hawkish repricing of interest rate expectations in the U.S