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Federal Reserve Hikes Rates by 25 Basis Points

Recent bank failures had market participants questioning if the U.S. central bank would follow through with its previous intention to further tighten monetary policy.

By Stephen Alpher

Mar 22, 2023 at 6:05 p.m. UTC

Mar 22, 2023

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Does Bitcoin’s Rally Vindicate the ‘Inflation Hedge’ Thesis – or Is Risk Back on the Menu?

Two views on why bitcoin's price rose by so much this month amid bank runs and uncertainty on whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates.

By David Z. Morris

Mar 21, 2023 at 4:33 p.m. UTC

Mar 21, 2023

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Bitcoin, Ether Trade Lower After Breaching Technical Indicator

The proximity of the breach to the upcoming Federal Reser ve rate decision could stymie activity in the short term. BTC is also showing an increasingly inverse relationship to the U.S. dollar ahead of the announcement

By Glenn Williams

Mar 20, 2023 at 8:20 p.m. UTC

Mar 20, 2023

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Bitcoin, Ether Shrug Off U.S. Jobs Data

The two largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization also recently appear to have decoupled from equity indexes.

By Glenn Williams

Mar 16, 2023 at 8:34 p.m. UTC

Mar 16, 2023

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Fed's Powell: No Decision yet on Size of March Rate Hike

U S Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stressed that the central bank has yet to decide on the size of the rate hike when the Federal Open Market Committee FOMC meets later in March Testifying before the House Financial Services Committee for his semi annual monetary policy report on Wednesday Powell made a notable change [...]

By CoinDesk Inc

Mar 8, 2023 at 4:49 p.m. UTC

Mar 8, 2023

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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Bitcoin Climbs Above $22K as Powell Softens Tone on Day 2 of Congressional Testimony

The Fed chair said no decision has yet been made on the size of the coming March rate hike.

By Stephen Alpher

Mar 8, 2023 at 4:08 p.m. UTC

Mar 8, 2023

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Bitcoin, Ether Trade Marginally Lower Following Release of Discouraging Jobs Data

A persistently robust employment market has played a major role in capping asset prices, though a floor seems intact as well.

By Glenn Williams

Mar 2, 2023 at 8:19 p.m. UTC

Mar 2, 2023

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Fed Minutes Show Most Members Approve 25BPS Rate Hike; Counsel Says Voyager’s Binance US Sale Plan ‘Full Steam Ahead’

The latest FOMC minutes reveal that almost all Fed policymakers favored easing rate hikes to a quarter percentage point Plans to wind up Voyager Digital by selling assets to Binance US are on track an attorney for the bankrupt crypto lender told a New York court on Wednesday Coinbase COIN topped fourth quarter earnings estimates [...]

By CoinDesk Inc

Feb 22, 2023 at 8:35 p.m. UTC

Feb 22, 2023