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Poll Suggests ECB May Wait Until Q4 to Raise Rates, Several Banks Expect a Series of Fed Rate Hikes This Year

7.3.2022
A recently published Reuters poll suggests the European Central Bank (ECB) may wait until the last quarter of the year (Q4) to raise its first interest rate in over ten years. The poll’s author details that after the conflict in Ukraine, “fewer economists” predict the ECB will...

Rate hikes, CPI and war in Europe — 5 things to watch in Bitcoin this week

7.3.2022
A grim cocktail of macro triggers converges on Bitcoin, with risk assets looking at a "rough" few days coming up, analysts warn

IMF Warns Ongoing War in Europe Will Have a ‘Severe Impact on the Global Economy’

7.3.2022
In a report published on Saturday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that an ongoing war in Europe and associated sanctions will have a “severe impact on the global economy.” The IMF’s report says there is “extraordinary uncertainty” in the air,...

Wharton Professor Urges the Fed to ‘Bite the Bullet’ and Defend the US Dollar — Warns About Bitcoin Taking Over

7.3.2022
A finance professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has warned of “bitcoin taking over.” He added that the Fed “has been terribly wrong over the last year” about inflation and must now act to defend the U.S. dollar. Finance Professor Urges the...

Bitcoin mining difficulty drops for the first time this year

4.3.2022
The difficulty adjustment for Bitcoin mining posted its first negative adjustment for 2021, dropping 1.5%

While the Fed Monitors the ‘Ukraine Situation Closely,’ Powell Still Expects a Series of Quarter-Point Rate Hikes

3.3.2022
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell still expects to see interest rate hikes starting in March, but the Fed chief further stressed that the central bank will “need to be nimble.” In remarks prepared for members of U.S. Congress, Powell discussed the Russian invasion of Ukraine...

Bitcoin heads for $42K support as stocks pullback nudges BTC price lower

3.3.2022
Turbulent macro moves underscore Bitcoin's correlation to U.S. stocks indices, with BTC/USD reaching its lowest levels for March so far

Fed Will ‘Proceed Carefully’ with Rate Hikes Despite Ukraine War - Chair Powell

2.3.2022
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) will “proceed carefully” with its plan to hike interest rates this year despite the war in Ukraine, with the first hike of 0.25 percentage points still expected at the Fed’s next meeting in March, Fed chair Jerome Powell said during a hearing in Congress today. “We...

Federal Reserve Chairman Powell Sees Rate Hike This Month as 'Appropriate'

2.3.2022
The Fed chair said that wages are rising at the fastest pace in many years and that price increases are spreading to a broader range of goods and services

Bitcoin casts off dip, climbs past $45K as Fed signals rate hike coming in March

2.3.2022
Bitcoin price action passes $45,000 once more as markets keep traders on their toes

Nvidia Hackers Are Selling Software to Bypass Ethereum Hashrate Limiter

1.3.2022
LAPSUS$ said it’s selling a customized driver that could help miners get around the hash rate limiter installed on Nvidia’s high-end gaming cards

US Inflation Could Be Worse Than Expected, Goldman Sachs Says — Atlanta Fed President Favors 25 BPS Rate Hike

1.3.2022
While the conflict in Ukraine is a hot topic, fears of rising inflation continue to haunt Americans residing in the country, as economists and analysts note U.S. inflation will likely remain high. Inflation is likely going to be worse than initially feared this year, Goldman Sachs explained in...

Ethereum Network Fees Continue to Drop — Transfer Fees Hit Lowest Rate in 6 Months

28.2.2022
It’s getting cheaper to send ethereum these days as the gas price to push a transaction is more than 80% less expensive than it was to transact with ether 48 days ago on January 10. On that day, Ethereum network fees were around $52 per transaction and today, the average transaction fee...

Bitcoin’s Hashpower Drops, BTC Mining Difficulty Expected to Jump Higher in 4 Days

27.2.2022
The processing power behind the Bitcoin network has dropped 30% since the hashrate’s all-time high (ATH) on February 15, sliding from 249 exahash per second (EH/s) to 169 EH/s. Furthermore, four days from now, the network’s mining difficulty is expected to increase following the 4.78%...

Ethereum After 1559: Network Nears 2 Million ETH Burned Worth Over $6.9 Billion

26.2.2022
Approximately 205 days ago, the Ethereum network upgraded via the London hard fork which implemented the packaged Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559. Since then, the EIP-1559 upgrade made it so a fraction of gas is destroyed during the transaction process and to date, 1,915,220 ether has been...

Russian Central Bank Ramps up USD Exchange Rate as Ruble Run Worries Mount

25.2.2022
Russia’s Central Bank is desperately trying to avoid a run on the fiat ruble in response to incoming sanctions measures from the EU, the United States, and their allies. And as the Ukraine crisis deepens, the bank has unleashed yet more extreme measures – which may eventually include freezing...

Instant Exchange Marketplace Swapzone Introduces Exchange API for US Residents

24.2.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Swapzone.io, a successful crypto-to-crypto exchange aggregator has just announced a new feature named “fixed-rate exchange” that now is available to U.S. citizens. The new function allows American users and not only to “fix” the amount they exchange,...