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Jeffrey Gundlach – an American businessman and Founder of DoubleLine Capital – thinks the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by 25 basis points next week.  According to him, this will be the last hike, believing the central bank will switch to other inflation-fighting efforts. The End of the Fed’s Hike Policy? In a recent interview for CNBC, Gundlach (better known as the “Bond King”) predicted that the Federal Reserve will impose a small rate hike on March 22 amid...

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The past seven days turned into a bloodbath across the entire cryptocurrency market, which dropped below $1 trillion in terms of total capitalization. This happens for the first time since January 14th. The decline comes on the back of a lot of negative macroeconomic developments, so let’s unpack. First things first, Bitcoin’s price is trading around $20,000, albeit slightly below it at the time of this writing. The intraday low sits at $19,549 on Binance and BTC is down...

It’s safe to say that Bitcoin’s price has seen better days. The cryptocurrency fell below $20,000, reaching an intraday low at around $19,791 (on Binance) and charting a decline of around 8% in the past 24 hours alone. Source: TradingViewThat said, the move didn’t come without its catalysts, so let’s have a look at five potential reasons why it happened. Silvergate Bank On March 2nd, Silvergate Bank – a financial institution that used to serve a myriad of crypto heavyweights...

The Bitcoin price has picked up some steam throughout the past few minutes, and the primary reason for this seems to be the fact that Jerome Powell is testifying before Congress. The  Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, is testifying before congress for the second day today. Addressing the House Financial Services Committee in remarks, the Chairman admitted that inflationary pressure is higher than they had previously anticipated. … inflationary pressures are...

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The President of El Salvador – Nayib Bukele – disclosed that the country’s tourism sector has increased by 95% since it embraced bitcoin as an official means of payment. He criticized some central banking institutions, including the Federal Reserve, claiming their policies have washed out a big chunk of people’s savings. As such, Bukele expects a lot of individuals from the West to focus on decentralized financial instruments. ‘We Get Some Rebranding’ El Salvador’s political...

The cryptocurrency market has stalled in the past few days in a rather untypical fashion, but all that can change this week as there’re multiple major events and announcements coming from the world’s largest economy. It starts with US Fed Chair’s testimony to Congress and spreads to jobless claims as well as the unemployment rate. Powell to Testify The US central bank reversed its monetary policy after the COVID-19 pandemic began to fade away and started rising the interest...

The price of bitcoin went up a bit in early February after it was announced that the Federal Reserve was predicting decreased inflation for 2023. Bitcoin Jumps Following Positive Fed Remarks The words came by way of Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair. He stated in an interview: We expect 2023 to be a year of significant declines in inflation. It’s our job to make sure that that’s the case. My guess is it will take certainly into not just this year, but next year to...