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Precious Metals, Cryptocurrencies, Stock Markets Falter Following Powell’s Rate Hike Statements
27.1.2022
Equities, crypto markets, and precious metals did well during the early morning trading sessions on Wednesday, just before the U.S. central bank wrapped up its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. While the Fed said in a statement that the benchmark interest rate would rise soon,...
Bitcoin holds onto 10% gains ahead of crucial Fed rate hike comments
25.1.2022
Bulls lift the market higher on the back of a stocks resurgence, but the specter of the Fed is on the horizon
Bitcoin dip below $40K follows Fed signal of a possible fourth rate hike in 2022
10.1.2022
BTC’s abrupt drop to $39,650 came after the Federal Reserve floated the prospect of a fourth rate hike in 2022
Bitcoin price drops to $43.7K after Fed minutes re-confirm plans to hike rates
5.1.2022
Bitcoin price slipped below $44,000 shortly after notes from the Federal Reserve’s December FOMC session re-confirmed plans to get the balance sheet under control
Kazakh government resigns, shuts down internet amid protests, causing Bitcoin network hash rate to tumble 13.4%
5.1.2022
No timeline exists as to when the internet will switch back on in the second-biggest Bitcoin mining country in the world
Wharton’s Professor Warns About Inflation, Predicts Many Rate Hikes, Says Bitcoin Has Replaced Gold for Millennials
3.1.2022
A finance professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has warned about inflation and the Fed hiking rates many more times than the market expects. He also said that bitcoin has become the new gold for the millennials. Finance Professor on Bitcoin and Inflation Wharton’s...
Bank of England Releases Surprise Rate Hike
17.12.2021
The Bank of England recently surprised the market with its sudden bank rate hike. The central bank surged the rate by 0.15%, taking it to 0.25%. The bank previously issued the surge three and half years back, following a sustained period of an asset-buying program and low rates. The financial...
Bitcoin (BTC) Records 6% Hike and Trades Above $66000
8.11.2021
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, has broken the range. Now it is consolidating again above $65,000. It is now on the verge of crossing its all-time high of $66,000. The price chart is bullish while buying interest increases. All the followers of Bitcoin are extremely greedy to get...
Fed’s Vice Chair Says Tapering May Happen in 2021, Senator Joe Manchin ‘Alarmed Over Record Amount of Stimulus Injections’
6.8.2021
The U.S. central bank’s vice chairman Richard Clarida explained on Wednesday that the Federal Reserve could begin tapering large asset purchases this year. Also, that the first interest rate hike since the onset of Covid-19 could happen in 2023. Meanwhile, despite members of the Fed saying...
Echoing GameStop saga, retail traders fuel Robinhood stock price hike
5.8.2021
After a decidedly lackluster IPO debut last week, Robinhood shares have been wildly volatile in recent days, at one point skyrocketing by as much as 81% on the day
ShibaSwap Causing Hike in Ethereum Gas Prices
12.7.2021
The high gas fees associated with Ethereum are attributed to the record growth in the DeFi transactions achieved by ShibaSwap. The protocol has recently tweeted that it has created history by having more than 1 billion dollars of the total value that has been locked on its platform in one day....
Angola Hikes Benchmark Interest Rate as Central Bank Attempts to Tame Rising Inflation
5.7.2021
The Angolan central bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) recently hiked the country’s benchmark interest rate from 15.5% to a record of 20%. The largely unexpected hike, which is one of the National Bank of Angola (NBA)’s attempts to curb inflation, marks the first time...
Fed Expects 2 Rate Hikes in 2023, Stock Market Plunges, Powell Anticipates Higher Inflation
17.6.2021
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday told the public that it has forwarded the time frame for raising interest rates. “Progress on vaccinations will likely continue to reduce the effects of the public health crisis on the economy, but risks to the economic outlook remain,” the Federal Open...
Joe Biden’s Proposal to Double Capital Gains Tax Rate Shakes Financial Markets
23.4.2021
The Biden administration has revealed plans to raise taxes on investors who are millionaires according to a flurry of recent reports. President Joe Biden wants to overhaul the U.S. economy in order to help fund American childcare and education. Biden’s proposal will almost double the current...
Bitcoin’s Astonishing Price Hike – Is it for Real?
22.2.2021
Bitcoin, the most speculative digital asset, has now been continually targeted by investors. They speculate whether investing in Bitcoins would be an ideal option in the current scenario or not when the digital asset appears to be overhyped. The hype began after the Tesla king invested around $1.5...
Dogecoin’s Record Price Hike Signals Bubble
11.2.2021
“Big Short” investor Michael Burry recently called Dogecoin a bubble, citing enough reasons that go in favor of his prediction. First, Dogecoin is perhaps the only cryptocurrency that does not have market capitalization. It was launched in 2013 when its price was around A$5.6 billion on...
Stellar Price Reflects Tremendous Hike in the Last 24 Hours
25.11.2020
Stellar is making a stellar move in the global crypto market against the US Dollar as its trades right below the significant lucrative projects of viz., Cardano, Polkadot, and Binance Coin. XLM coin has strengthened by over 60% from yesterday’s opening trading price of $0.135 to a 2-year high...
Bitcoin Proponents Bemoan Joe Biden’s Proposed Capital Gains Hike
20.10.2020
The U.S. presidential election is only 14 days away, and a number of bitcoin proponents have been discussing the capital gains tax implications Joe Biden plans to invoke if he wins the American presidency. According to Biden’s plan, capital gains will be raised from 21% to 39.6% for certain...
4 Reasons Why Bitcoin’s Price Hike Beats Every Other Asset Class - Report
18.8.2020
With the price of bitcoin (BTC) rising by more than 71% (Tuesday 14:00 UTC) since the beginning of this year, a recent analysis points to four factors which have allowed the cryptocurrency to generate a return that beats out every other asset class' performance.
The primary drivers that have pushed...
Bitcoin Difficulty Touches All-Time High, 120 Exahash of Hashpower Remains Strong
13.7.2020
The network difficulty for the Bitcoin network spiked over 9.8% on Monday bringing the difficulty to its highest point ever. The record high of 17.35 trillion makes it much harder for bitcoin miners to profit. However, the overall Bitcoin network hashrate has remained consistently above the...