Crypto Catalysts: Rate Hike Looms as FOMC Begins Latest Monetary Policy Deliberations

The U.S. central bank has been telegraphing its intent to renew rate hikes for weeks. The Personal Consumption Expenditures report arrives Friday, but cryptos and other risk-on assets have been largely immune to macro events.

• 2023-07-25
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Can Bitcoin Kill Central Banks?

Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer unofficial currency that operates without government or central bank oversight. Central banks are keeping a close eye on it.

• 2023-05-19
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Bitcoin Rises Ahead of Fed Decision. The Next Move on Rates Is Key for Cryptos.

Crypto traders will be focused on hints from the Federal Reserve on the future of interest rates amid hopes that easier monetary policy will continue to buoy Bitcoin.

• 2023-05-03
• digital assets Federal Reserve monetary policy

ARK CEO Cathie Wood on the Fed, Crypto, SVB, and Her Faith in Innovation Stocks

Since last year, the ARK Invest CEO has been warning that the Fed's interest-rate increases could break the financial system.

• 2023-03-25
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Bitcoin Rises Ahead of Fed Decision. Crypto Traders Are Poised to Push Prices Higher.

Digital assets have ripped higher amid expectations that the Federal Reserve will ease back on interest-rate hikes. The central bank's next move could keep the rally going.

• 2023-03-22
• Federal Reserve monetary policy

5 Reasons Bitcoin Is Soaring Amid the Bank Panic. One Is Key for Stocks.

The driving force behind Bitcoin's rally likely is the expectation that the Federal Reserve will ease back on interest rate policy. That has implications for stocks.

• 2023-03-20
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IMF releases crypto action plan, advises against legal tender status

World governments should not grant cryptocurrency legal tender status, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) executive board said in its new nine-point action plan on how countries should approach crypto assets published Thursday. See related article: India working with IMF, FSB on crypto regulations, says economic affairs secretary Fast facts See related article: India’s finance minister […]

• 2023-02-24
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