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The likelihood of another Federal Reserve policy rate hike grew stronger on Friday after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium. During the speech, Powell reiterated that the Federal Reserve remains committed to bringing inflation down to 2%, despite some economists suggesting that achieving that target may be difficult. “Two percent is and will remain our inflation target,” said Powell. Getting there, he added, will require a “period of...

CoinspeakerBitcoin’s Win Is Coming as Fed Prints More ‘Fiat Toilet Paper’, Says BitMEX Co-Founder Arthur Hayes The Bitcoin price has once again retraced back to $26,000 after some recovery pump earlier this week. On the technical chart, BTC continues to show bearish momentum with its price dropping under the 200-day moving average (DMA). Bitcoin’s Win Is Coming as Fed Prints More ‘Fiat Toilet Paper’, Says BitMEX...

Fed chairperson Jerome Powell has been at the receiving end of significant backlash for his stance on implementing the same approach that helped the US get rid of inflation several decades ago. This strategy has been strongly contended by BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes while pointing out the difference in economic and monetary conditions in the US today from what they were in 1980. Hayes said the Fed is doomed to fail if it continues to run the same playbook, particularly given...

Jan Hatzius and David Mericle – economists at the banking giant Goldman Sachs – predicted that the US Federal Reserve will start lowering interest rates from the second quarter of 2024.  Many experts have previously suggested that such a pivot could boost investor interest in risk-on assets, including stocks, commodities, and cryptocurrencies.  Still Uncertain About the Pace According to Hatzius and Mericle, the US central bank – the Federal Reserve – will start a gradual...

Bitcoin fell below the $25,000 mark for the first time in a while in mid-June of this year after the Federal Reserve threw yet another monkey wrench into America’s economic plans. Major June Dip for Bitcoin During that time, the Federal Reserve announced that while it was not going to be hiking rates again in the immediate future, citizens of the U.S. could potentially expect to experience the effects of at least two more rate hikes before the end of the year. In...

Although most prices in the cryptocurrency market have shown high levels of stagnation in the past week, there were still several notable developments on different fronts. Starting with US regulations, this week saw discussions for a few separate bills, including the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, which Democrats claimed still “reeks” of Sam Bankman-Fried – the disgraced former FTX exec who was among the chief supporters. On the other hand,...

The Federal Reserve rose its target interest rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday, in line with market expectations. This brings the central bank’s rate to over 5.25% – one of its highest levels since the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis. The latest hike marks the Federal Reserve’s 11th rate hike over its last 12 policy meetings dating back to March 2022. The central bank’s mission over the past year has been to quell once rampant inflation, which peaked at 9.1% in June...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Jerome Powell – the man at the head of the table in the Federal Reserve chambers – is getting ready to offer what many analysts call another hawkish speech, and they’re concerned about what his words could do to bitcoin and the rest of the crypto industry. The Federal Reserve is at It Again Over the past year...

Stablecoins are a “form of money” over which the central bank ought to have some level of authority, said Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell before Congress on Wednesday. The chairman also confirmed that the Fed does not intend to directly issue a Central Bank Digitial Currency (CBDC) in the United States.  During a hearing related to monetary policy, Powell acknowledged that the crypto industry has some “staying power” – but also how its market cap has retraced massively...

Following the Fed interest rate pause announcement, the price of BTC broke major price support, raising concerns about a continued decline. The Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday that it would maintain its interest rate at 5.25%, marking the first time since January 2022 that the rate would remain unchanged. According to the Fed, the inflation rate appears to be decreasing, and it wants to see whether previous rate increases were sufficient to slow price increases. However, it was...