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Crypto Market Braces for Volatile Week Ahead of Fed’s ‘Emergency Meeting’
11.2.2022
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) is set to hold an unscheduled meeting on Monday to discuss interest rates, described by some as an “emergency meeting” and others as a fairly “regular occurrence.” Regardless, the Fed’s unexpected notice has sparked debate in the crypto community over whether...
US Inflation Jumps to 7.5%, CPI Climbs at Fastest Rate in 40 Years, Citizens See Little Wage Growth
10.2.2022
Inflation in the United States continues to rise as it climbed at its fastest rate in 40 years since February 1982. Statistics from the U.S. Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) jumped 7.5% higher than it was a year ago. US Inflation Continues to Surge On Thursday, the U.S. Labor...
US Federal Reserve bank at the helm of CBDC research effort appoints new president
10.2.2022
Susan M. Collins is set to become the first Black woman to head a Federal Reserve Bank
US Inflation Hits 7.5%, More Than Expected
10.2.2022
Inflation in the world’s largest economy reached 7.5% year-over-year for January, coming in well above analysts’ expectations.
The change in consumer price index (CPI) since last month came in at 0.6%, above the 0.4% expected. Meanwhile, the so-called Core CPI, which excludes food and beverages...
Report: Lebanon Planning to Devalue Currency by 93%, Depositors to Lose $38 Billion
9.2.2022
The Lebanese government is reportedly planning to devalue the local currency by up to 93% in a desperate bid to receive funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). As part of the plan, a major portion of foreign currency deposits in the banking system will be converted into local currency...
Bank of England Hikes Bank Rate to 0.5%, Governor Andrew Bailey Hints at Wage Restraints
4.2.2022
The Bank of England (BOE) raised the country’s benchmark bank rate from 0.25% to 0.5% this week in order to curb rampant inflation. “We face a trade-off between strong inflation and weakening growth,” the British central bank’s governor Andrew Bailey told the press....
Manchester United & Tezos, US Job Growth, Marathon Mined 816% More Bitcoin + More News
4.2.2022
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Another Case for Bitcoin as Lebanon Reportedly Targets Depositors’ Fiat
2.2.2022
Lebanon allegedly plans to forcibly convert foreign currency holdings to its floundering pound (LBP), once again building a case for Bitcoin (BTC).
Earlier this week, Reuters reported that it had seen a government “blueprint” plan designed to fight the ongoing financial crisis. The plan,...
Goldman Sachs Warns Bitcoin Increasingly Vulnerable to Fed Rate Hikes as Mainstream Adoption Grows
31.1.2022
Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has warned that bitcoin is increasingly vulnerable to the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes as the cryptocurrency grows more widely adopted. “Over the last two years, as bitcoin has seen wider mainstream adoption, its correlation with macro assets...
Low Real Interest Rates Support Asset Prices, But Risks Rising for Market
30.1.2022
Nassira Abbas is a deputy division chief in the Global Markets Monitoring and Analysis Division of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Tobias Adrian is the Financial Counsellor and Director of the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets...
Changes in Crypto Lending, Investors Bet on Crypto Tax Services, NASA vs. NFTs + More News
27.1.2022
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Crypto Markets Trim Losses, US Dollar Rises as Traders Digest Fed Statement
27.1.2022
Major cryptoassets including bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH) trimmed some of their losses from the aftermath of yesterday’s US Federal Reserve statement, with prices rising during the European trading hours on Thursday. Meanwhile, the US dollar extended a rally from earlier, breaking through...
Here’s How the Ukraine Crisis Might Impact Bitcoin and the Crypto Market
27.1.2022
A crisis is brewing. As we type these words, Russia is conducting military exercises along its border with Ukraine, while the United States has put some 8,500 of its own troops on alert, just in case an eastern European war erupts. ...
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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, Ethereum, Stocks Rise as Sense of Relief Spreads Ahead of Fed Statement
26.1.2022
The two largest cryptoassets bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH) rose in the market today, as a sense of relief sent nearly all risk assets higher ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s FOMC statement later today.
At 17:34 UTC, BTC was up almost 3% for the past 24 hours to a price of USD 38,268, while...
Bitcoin in an Interest Rate Rising Environment
25.1.2022
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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...
IMF Warns of Dangers of Fed’s Rate Rise, Brazil Says Inflation ‘Won’t Be Temporary in West’
21.1.2022
Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has warned that the Federal Reserve (Fed)'s next interest rate hike could “throw cold water on nations with high levels of dollar debt” – and their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic...
Joe Biden Claims Inflationary Pressure ‘Rests With the Federal Reserve,’ Praises the Fed’s ‘Extraordinary Support’
20.1.2022
On Wednesday, U.S. president Joe Biden explained that the country’s central bank was dealing with a large share of the inflationary pressures the American economy is dealing with today. Biden welcomes the possibility of tightening monetary easing and noted that he “respects...
Exploring the CropBytes Metaverse: A Futuristic Crypto Game With Real Economics and Immersive Graphics
20.1.2022
On January 20th, CropBytes, the four-year-old metaverse farming game, is launching the brand new terrain with immersive 3D graphics. The new version upgrade greatly improved the already cute graphics of the game and brought a fresh feeling that adapts to the latest game aesthetics on mobile...