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Crypto Update | Markets Wobble After Fed's Rate Hike and Focus on Inflation
With bitcoin and most other major cryptos falling after the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point and made clear that inflation remained its focus even after recent banking debacles, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with its latest news roundup.
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Bitcoin Sinks Below $27K as Federal Reserve, Powell Keep Focus on Inflation
The central bank confirmed most expectations with its decision to raise the interest rate by 25 basis points. Other major cryptos were largely in the red.
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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Traders Await Fed's Decision
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 22, 2023.
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 30, 2022. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Holds Steady at $28K Before Fed Meeting
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 21, 2023.
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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Crypto Update | Remembering Hal Finney on the 14th Anniversary of the First Bitcoin Transaction
With bitcoin posting its biggest one-day return in two months, plus a look at one of Bitcoin’s early heroes, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with the latest news roundup.
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Weekend Story: There's Less Money in Crypto, and That's a Good Thing
On today’s show we’re taking a look at the upside of all the downsides of 2022, courtesy of CoinDesk’s chief insights columnist, David Z. Morris.
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Crypto Update | What Will It Take for Bitcoin Mining Companies to Survive in 2023?
With bitcoin and other crypto currencies trading more red than green, plus a closer look at thoughts on the future of mining, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with the latest news roundup.
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CDCrop "market wizards" Kwon, Zhu, Mashinsky, Ehrlich MI2022 (Ovie Faruq/CoinDesk)
NFT Market Will Bounce Back With Lower Interest Rates, Digital Artist Says
Ovie Faruq, also known as OSF, says the sector is tied to cryptocurrencies, which in turn are correlated with Nasdaq.
CDCrop "market wizards" Kwon, Zhu, Mashinsky, Ehrlich MI2022 (Ovie Faruq/CoinDesk)

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What Bitcoin’s Inflation Hedge Narrative Needs: More Time
Whether or not Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are long-term inflation hedges and a store of value or simply a “risk-on” speculative assets preferred in times when bond yields are unattractive is yet to be perfectly understood.
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Coinbase’s Interest Income May Be Bright Spot Amid Challenging Third Quarter
Trading volumes likely remained soft again, but analysts are on the lookout for how much interest income Coinbase can earn, particularly from stablecoins.
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