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Bitcoin price rejects CPI boost as market Fed rate pause odds near 95%
13.6.2023
Bitcoin falls back in line almost immediately after closing the weekend's CME futures gap near $26,500
ChatGPT-Style Crypto App Sets AI Loose on Fed Rate-Bitcoin Price Relationship
13.6.2023
The team behind Hong Kong-based Chain of Demand has built investment analytics engines for financial institutions and data providers like Bloomberg
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: Ethereum Nears $1,700 Breakout, as BTC Braces for Fed Rate Decision
12.6.2023
Bitcoin started the week trading marginally below the $26,000 level, ahead of a key week of economic events. The headline being the upcoming U.S. Federal Reserve meeting. Ethereum remains below $1,800 ahead of this week’s rate decision. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) continued to trade around...
Economist Peter Schiff Says the Fed Destroyed US Banking System — ‘It’s Insolvent’
11.6.2023
Economist Peter Schiff says the U.S. banking system is insolvent. He stressed that the Federal Reserve destroyed the U.S. banking system, citing near-zero interest rates at banks while “the Fed funds rate is 5.25% and the real inflation rate is much higher.” Schiff previously warned...
Custodia's Suit Against Fed Over Denial of Master Account Can Proceed, Court Rules
10.6.2023
Custodia's challenge of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's decision to deny the crypto-friendly bank access to the Fed banking services can continue, a U.S. district court ruled Thursday, rejecting a Fed motion to dismiss the case. The U.S. District Court of Wyoming, however, did reject...
US court rejects Fed's motion to dismiss Custodia Bank case
9.6.2023
Digital asset bank Custodia sued the Fed in June 2022, claiming an “unlawful delay” in processing an application for its master account
IMF Urges Fed to Maintain Tightening Policy Amid Inflation Concerns, Citing ‘Challenges’ Ahead
9.6.2023
On Thursday, International Monetary Fund (IMF) spokesperson Julie Kozack urged the U.S. Federal Reserve and several other central banks to maintain a restrictive monetary policy known as tightening. Kozack stated that the U.S. central bank may need to keep the federal funds rate higher “for...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Moves Higher, as Traders Prepare for Next Week’s Fed Meeting
9.6.2023
Bitcoin edged marginally higher on Friday, as traders began to shift their attention to next week’s Fed meeting. Many are expecting that the Federal Reserve will keep rates unchanged for the first time in over a year. Ethereum remains above a floor at $1,830. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) moved...
Bitcoin Reverses Post-US Jobs Data Upside as SEC Chair Gensler Lambasts Crypto Indsutry – Where Next for BTC Price?
8.6.2023
Bitcoin saw a small pop this morning on weaker-than-expected weekly initial jobless claims, rising from under $26,500 to at one point above $26,800.
Claims jumped to 261,000 last week, up from 233,000 a week earlier, marking the second-highest reading of the year.
While 261,000 initial claims...
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...
Economist Larry Summers Urges Fed to Consider Half-Point Rate Increase in July
3.6.2023
Larry Summers, the American economist and former U.S. Treasury Secretary, believes that should the U.S. Federal Reserve refrain from increasing the benchmark interest rate this month, a half-point rate hike may be necessary for July. As per the CME Fedwatch tool, there is a 74% likelihood that...
How the Upcoming US Jobs Report Might Impact the Bitcoin (BTC) Price
1.6.2023
US labor market data for May is due on Friday the 2nd of June.
The data, which is closely scrutinized by policymakers at the US Federal Reserve, could trigger volatility in the Bitcoin market, depending on how and if it impacts expectations for further interest rate hikes from the US central bank....
Fed board issues order to Silvergate Bank as part of self-liquidation plan
1.6.2023
Silvergate Capital Corporation and its crypto-friendly bank will have 10 days to submit a self-liquidation plan in compliance with California and federal requirements
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Slumps Back to $27K on Fed Worry
31.5.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for May 31, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
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
Bitcoin Edges Below $28K as Investors Eye US Debt Ceiling Progress
31.5.2023
Investors awaited a House vote on the debt ceiling deal, scheduled for Wednesday
Atlanta Fed explains Web3 finance, including XRP ‘international payment medium’
26.5.2023
The highly accessible introductory text mentions all the concepts and names a curious reader would need, along with some assessments
This bearish technical pattern hints at a double digit drop in Bitcoin price
25.5.2023
Inflation concerns and the U.S. debt standoff cast a long shadow over Bitcoin’s dwindling bullish prospects
FOMC Minutes Signal Central Bank Divided on Need for More Tightening – Here is How Crypto Reacted
24.5.2023
The minutes from this month’s FOMC meeting of US Federal Reserve policymakers were just released, revealing the bank to be divided on the need for further interest rate hikes.
Cryptocurrency, forex, US equity and US bond markets didn’t see much of a reaction to the minutes, the tone of which were...
Fed Survey: US Household Financial Well-Being ‘Declined Markedly’ in 2022
24.5.2023
A survey by the U.S. Federal Reserve shows that American household financial well-being “declined markedly” in 2022. The share of adults who said they were worse off financially than a year earlier rose to “the highest level since the question was first asked in 2014,”...