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Fed Chair Powell Testifies Before The House Committee On Financial Services
Bitcoin and the Liquidity Question: More Complex Than It Seems
Monetary liquidity expectations is one driver moving crypto markets these days, though not in the way many think – even if easing is around the corner, liquidity is tight, says Noelle Acheson.
Fed Chair Powell Testifies Before The House Committee On Financial Services

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It’s Not Just Fraud That Chilled Crypto Regulation
While it’s easy to blame the recent shift in the regulatory mood regarding crypto markets on certain bad actors, the real roots lie beyond the crypto ecosystem, says Noelle Acheson.
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Bitcoin Bounces as U.S. Adds 311K Jobs in February, Beating Expectations
The unemployment rate rose to 3.6% against forecasts for it to hold steady at 3.4%.
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Hawkish remarks by a Fed official sent bitcoin into a tailspin.(Getty Images/Tim Chapman)
Bitcoin Price Remains Lower After Release of FOMC Minutes
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark fed funds rate by 25 basis points at its most recent meeting.
Hawkish remarks by a Fed official sent bitcoin into a tailspin.(Getty Images/Tim Chapman)

CDCROP: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 30, 2022. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Rises to $23.3K as Jerome Powell Repeats 'Disinflationary Process' Comment
The Fed chair spoke days after the central bank last hiked interest rates.
CDCROP: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 30, 2022. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

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Jerome Powell Finally Believes He Might Actually Get His Soft Landing
The FOMC raised rates by the expected 25 basis points at this week’s meeting.
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CDCROP: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Federal Reserve Lifts Interest Rates Another 25 Basis Points
Bitcoin's price was little changed in the minutes following the announcement.
CDCROP: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

CDCROP: Weekly Unemployment Claims Rise Higher Than Expected (David McNew/Getty Images)
Bitcoin Little Changed on Soft Economic Data Ahead of Fed Meeting
Wednesday morning's ADP jobs and ISM manufacturing reports both came in weaker than expected.
CDCROP: Weekly Unemployment Claims Rise Higher Than Expected (David McNew/Getty Images)

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Fed Preview: Powell to Trigger 'Healthy Pullback' in Bitcoin, Experts Say
Financial conditions have loosened to a point where the Fed chair may detail the extent of easing is unwarranted, one observer said, warning of a pullback in risk assets.
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Hawks vs. Bulls: The Fed Clashes With Optimistic Investors
Markets and the Federal Reserve aren’t seeing eye-to-eye when it comes to what’s best for the economy.
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