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Bitcoin in an Interest Rate Rising Environment
25.1.2022
James Butterfill is Investment Strategist at major European digital asset investment firm CoinShares.____...
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Fearing a Hawkish Fed: Economists Focus on Upcoming FOMC Meeting as Global Market Rout Slows
25.1.2022
Global markets have been feeling the pressure of fear and uncertainty, as the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) plans to make a decision on Wednesday concerning changing the current monetary easing policy and raising the benchmark interest rate. Economists and market analysts fear...
Boom or bust? Is there a way for Bitcoin price to hit $100K in 2022?
25.1.2022
BTC price took an unexpected bearish turn in January, but are there any catalysts that could support a run to $100,000 in 2022?
UBS Warns of Crypto Winter Amid Expectation of Fed Rate Hikes and Regulation
24.1.2022
UBS, Switzerland’s largest bank, has warned about a crypto winter where prices crash and may not recover for years. The bank’s analysts explained several major reasons affecting the prices of cryptocurrencies. UBS Expects Crypto Winter That Could Last Years Switzerland’s...
Euro Inflation Hits Record Highs, ECB Not in Rush to Raise Interest Rates
16.1.2022
The European Central Bank is concerned over inflation in the euro area rising beyond its own expectations, a high-ranking ECB official has admitted. However, Europe’s monetary authority is not prepared to raise interest rates at this point in time, the executive unveiled. ECB Sees No Reason...
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
ADALend: Protocol Efficiency on Cardano in Handling Interest Rates
16.12.2021
Crypto traders turn to fixed-income instruments like bonds and stocks to diversify their portfolios. The cryptocurrency market is a legitimate source of debt securities that are no less reputable than their equivalents and is a substantial economic force to reckon. With interest rate derivative...
Analysts expect Bitcoin trend change after Fed lays out its 2022 roadmap
15.12.2021
Traders look for a market-wide recovery now that the Fed confirmed at least 3 rate hikes and a wind down of its bond purchasing policy in 2022
A Non-Custodial Bitcoin Interest Rate Account? Lightning Network May be the Answer
25.11.2021
A long-held view in both crypto markets and traditional financial markets is that in order to earn an interest on one’s assets, custody of those assets must be given up to a third-party. But with bitcoin (BTC)’s Lightning Network (LN), a new model for earning a non-custodial “Lightning Network...
US Faces More Inflation Woes as CPI Hits Highest Record in 30 Years
11.11.2021
U.S. inflation continues to roar higher as this week’s data from the consumer price index (CPI) jumped 6.2% from a year ago. Americans are concerned as the Federal Reserve has expanded the monetary supply like at no other time in history, suppressed the benchmark interest rate, and U.S....
Bitcoin Price to Face Another Test as Central Banks Eye Rate Hikes
24.9.2021
t central bank in a Western developed nation to do so following the onset of the pandemic, Norway’s central bank, the Norges Bank, this week hiked its interest rate from 0% to 0.25%, citing a need to “begin a gradual normalization of the policy rate” as the economy is “normalizing.” “The
Thai SEC proposes new rules for digital asset custodians
25.8.2021
The Thai SEC is seeking public input for newly proposed crypto custody regulations until late September
Personal Savings Feature Added to West African Platform Facilitating Crypto-to-Fiat Conversion
10.8.2021
Duniapay, a digital banking platform created by three students from Burkina Faso, has added a personal savings feature to its banking application that already provides residents from some 14 West African countries with a flexible digital platform to access financial services. Using a Stablecoin...
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...
EQIFI Launches Suite of Decentralized Financial Products Powered by a Global, Licensed Bank
6.8.2021
PRESS RELEASE. British Virgin Islands — 6th August, 2021 — EQIFI, a decentralized protocol for pooled lending, borrowing and investing Ethereum-based cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and select fiat currencies, has today launched its DeFi platform, including newly introduced fixed-...
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...
Bitcoin price falls after Fed shifts interest rate hikes forward amid inflation fears
16.6.2021
Stock markets and Bitcoin price took a slight hit after the Federal Reserve announced plans to increase interest rates twice in 2023, a tad bit earlier than markets expected
Fed to Keep Rates Near Zero, Treasury Purchases to Continue, Powell Expects ‘Transitory’ Inflation
29.4.2021
In a policy meeting on Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve told the public that monetary easing will continue and the benchmark interest rate will be kept near zero. Just like previous statements from Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members, the committee within the central bank is...
The Evidence Is in on Negative Interest Rate Policies
4.3.2021
Luis Brandao-Marques is a Senior Economist in the Global Financial Stability Analysis Division in the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Gaston Gelos is Assistant Director in the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department, where he heads...
Banks Turn Away Customer Deposits due to Negative Interest Rates in Germany
4.3.2021
Banks in Germany are reportedly turning customer deposits away due to the negative interest rate imposed on them by the European Central Bank (ECB). Some banks are even offering online tools to help customers take their deposits elsewhere. Negative Interest Rates Imposed by ECB Force Banks to Turn...