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Hawkish Fed Chatter Has Wall Street Betting on Big Rate Hike, Crypto Traders Shorting Bitcoin
7.9.2022
Analyst Warns US Debt Crisis Is Possible — Rising Treasury Yields, Inflation, Stock Market Rout Could Cause ‘Multiple Black Swans’
7.9.2022
Wall Street’s major indexes closed the day in red on Tuesday, alongside cryptocurrencies, and precious metals like gold and silver taking some percentage losses. The leading crypto asset bitcoin dropped 5.87% under the $19K region, while the second largest crypto asset ethereum shed 8.7%....
Bitcoin, Ether Consolidate as Traders Eye U.S. Jobs Report to Gauge Next Fed Rate Hike
2.9.2022
Instead of looking to the broader rate path, or the terminal rate, markets are back to trading the September 2021 FOMC odds - whether they will hike 50 or 75 basis points, one trading firm said
Rate Hike Expectations Boost the Euro and the Dollar
31.8.2022
On 31st August, the greenback was bigger and more powerful than expected U.S. economic reports and aggressive Federal Reserve remarks indicated increased interest rates, but rate-hike expectations in Europe also showed the currency union hanging on above par. Markets are valuing a better-than-even...
Despite PS5 Price Hike, Microsoft And Nintendo Won't Be Raising Console Prices For Now
25.8.2022
Earlier today, Sony announced that in most regions, the PlayStation 5 would see a price increase as a result of inflation. In response to this news, people began questioning whether other console makers would enact similar price increases. The answer, at least for now, seems to be no. But both...
Sony Raising PlayStation 5 Prices In Most Markets
25.8.2022
Sony just announced that, thanks to “challenging economic conditions”, the price of the PlayStation 5 is about to go up in loads of big markets like Japan, Europe and Canada.Read more
Latest Ghana Benchmark Rate Hike the Largest on Record — President Promises Action Against ‘Unacceptable Depreciation of the Cedi’
23.8.2022
After seeing Ghana’s inflation rate surge to 31.7% in July, the Bank of Ghana responded by hiking the benchmark interest rate by 300 basis points. In addition to the rate hike, the central bank said it will gradually raise banks’ primary reserve requirements. One expert has said...
Cryptocurrencies react to Jackson Hole, Fed rate hike plans and a weakening bear market rally
22.8.2022
The price action in Bitcoin, altcoins and stocks reflects investors’ anxiety over the Fed’s rate hike plans, a weakening bear market rally and this week’s Jackson Hole economic symposium
EUR Drops Below USD for the Second Time in 20 Years, Greenback’s Strength Leads to Largest Weekly Rise Since March 2020
22.8.2022
The U.S. dollar has been very strong compared to a myriad of fiat currencies worldwide and this week, the euro dropped below the USD for the second time in 20 years after meeting parity with the dollar in mid-July. The dollar’s recent brawniness has resulted in the largest weekly rise since...
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Unbothered by Bank of England's Super-Size Interest-Rate Hike
4.8.2022
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for August 4, 2022
Nigerian Central Bank Told to Consider Floating the Naira, Recent Interest Rate Hike Slammed
2.8.2022
The Central Bank of Nigeria should be discontinuing the fixed exchange rate system and let the naira freely float against the major currencies, Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, the leader of a Nigerian association of bureau de change operators has said. The leader also slammed the recent adjustment of...
Crypto pumps after Fed rate hike, Zuckerberg pins hopes on Metaverse making hundreds of billions and Tesla posts $64M BTC gain: Hodler’s Digest, July 24-30
30.7.2022
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Climbs Above $24,000, While ETH Nears $1,800
29.7.2022
Bitcoin rose for a third consecutive session on Friday, as prices rose above $24,000 to end the work week. Today’s rise comes as sentiment in crypto remains bullish, following Wednesday’s interest rate hike by the Fed. Ethereum was also higher, as prices approached $1,800. Bitcoin...
Bitcoin rallies after Fed interest rate hike, but bears can still win Friday’s $1.76B options expiry
28.7.2022
BTC bears aim for a $360 million profit in July 29’s $1.76 billion monthly options expiry, but the FOMC interest rate decision could play a decisive factor
Top NFT Collections Rise in Price After Latest US Fed Hike
28.7.2022
Floor prices of some of the most popular collections of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) rose over the past 24 hours, as the US Federal Reserve (Fed) on Wednesday announced yet another rate hike in line with what the market was expecting.
According to the NFT data provider DappRadar, the floor prices...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Surges by $2,000, Climbing Above $23,000 as Fed Hikes Bank Rate
28.7.2022
Crypto prices surged in today’s session, as markets continued to react to the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate hike. The Fed opted to raise rates by 75 basis points (bps) for a second consecutive meeting. Bitcoin briefly rose above the $23K mark earlier in the day, with ethereum...
Bitcoin ‘bear market rally continues’ after BTC price jumps to $23.4K
28.7.2022
The Fed rate hike and comments from Jerome Powell serve to buoy risk assets, with one analyst arguing that the worst of the bank's "hawkish" phase has already passed
'Bullish rate hike' — Why crypto spiked today in the face of bad news
28.7.2022
The Fed’s attempts to reel inflation in by increasing interest rates are usually associated with a pullback of investment activity across markets
First Mover Asia: Crypto Companies Struggle With Layoffs, but Some See Opportunity to Add Talent; BTC, ETH Soar After Fed Rate Hike
28.7.2022
The bear market has forced multiple organizations to cut their workforces, hurting morale and weakening the companies; BTC, ETH soar
The evolution of Steam tags (& why we dig 'em!)
27.7.2022
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