Crypto markets rebounded over the weekend following the Fed’s rate decision on March 20, but this week also has a lot of key economic data. The week will be shorter, with TradFi markets closed for a holiday on March 29 for Good Friday. However, investors are awaiting Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech to get more...Read More
“It’s officially Fed week, the week we’ve all been waiting for,” exclaimed macroeconomics outlet The Kobeissi Letter on March 17. The US Central Bank will make its highly anticipated announcement on March 20, which will set the tone for the US’s economic outlook going forward. Key Events This Week: 1. Housing Starts data – Tuesday...Read More
The Federal Reserve has released a comprehensive working paper delving into asset tokenization and Risk-Weighted Assets (RWA). As the financial landscape continues to evolve, these innovative financial instruments garner significant attention for their potential to revolutionize investment strategies and reshape traditional markets. The paper explains that tokenization, similar to stablecoins, consists of five core components:...Read More
On Sept. 20, the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act passed out of the Financial Services Committee. Republican Senator Tom Emmer said it was, “A historical step in defending against an ever-expanding government surveillance state.” The House Majority Whip has been battling against Federal Reserve moves to develop a CBDC. The first anti-CBDC bill in the United...Read More
Asset management giant BlackRock expects the Federal Reserve to keep its policy interest rate flat at its next Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday. The prediction is in line with market expectations and is suspected by analysts to offer Bitcoin (BTC) a meaningful short-term price boost. BlackRock’s Fed Forecast According to Marilyn Watson...Read More
The likelihood of another Federal Reserve policy rate hike grew stronger on Friday after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium. During the speech, Powell reiterated that the Federal Reserve remains committed to bringing inflation down to 2%, despite some economists suggesting that achieving that target may be difficult. “Two percent is...Read More
Fed chairperson Jerome Powell has been at the receiving end of significant backlash for his stance on implementing the same approach that helped the US get rid of inflation several decades ago. This strategy has been strongly contended by BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes while pointing out the difference in economic and monetary conditions in the...Read More
Jan Hatzius and David Mericle – economists at the banking giant Goldman Sachs – predicted that the US Federal Reserve will start lowering interest rates from the second quarter of 2024. Many experts have previously suggested that such a pivot could boost investor interest in risk-on assets, including stocks, commodities, and cryptocurrencies. Still Uncertain About...Read More
On Aug. 8, the Federal Reserve elaborated that “novel activities” included complex, technology-driven partnerships with non-banks. These partnerships provided banking services to customers and activities that involve cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, it stated. @federalreserve provides additional information on its program to supervise novel activities in the banks it oversees: https://t.co/6MiItQwO7V — Federal Reserve (@federalreserve) August...Read More
The Federal Reserve rose its target interest rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday, in line with market expectations. This brings the central bank’s rate to over 5.25% – one of its highest levels since the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis. The latest hike marks the Federal Reserve’s 11th rate hike over its last...Read More
Stablecoins are a “form of money” over which the central bank ought to have some level of authority, said Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell before Congress on Wednesday. The chairman also confirmed that the Fed does not intend to directly issue a Central Bank Digitial Currency (CBDC) in the United States. During a hearing related...Read More
Will the Federal Reserve stop raising interest rates next month? For Bitcoin investors, the answer may not actually matter. According to BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes, Bitcoin’s price and inflation will rise in tandem precisely because of hawkish central bank policy – contrary to what modern monetary theory would suggest. How Rising Rates Will Increase Inflation...Read More
Historically high-interest rates in the United States could “exacerbate” stress in an already shaky banking system, said a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors on Wednesday. The governor also hinted that the central bank might decide not to raise its benchmark interest rate at the next Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting, which...Read More
The legendary hedge fund manager – Paul Tudor Jones III – said he will always keep a “small” exposure to bitcoin since it is “the only thing that humans can’t adjust the supply in.” The American billionaire also suggested that the US Federal Reserve will cease its aggressive interest rate hike policy. Many experts previously...Read More
The Federal Reserve announced another small increase to its benchmark rate on Wednesday, bringing it between 5% and 5.25%. Bitcoin’s price remained relatively flat on the announcement, fluctuating between $28,000 and $28,500. The increase was largely in line with expectations, with the market only pricing in an 11.8% chance that the Federal Open Markets Committee...Read More
Robert Kiyosaki – an American businessman, investor, and motivational speaker better known as the author of the bestseller “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” – praised bitcoin’s impressive performance in the past 12 months, predicting its price to keep rallying in the future. He said he will buy more BTC as he doesn’t trust the Federal Reserve...Read More
Former Richmond Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Lacker believes the Fed should – and will – remain firm in hiking interest rates at its upcoming March meeting, and subsequent meetings thereafter. Despite a series of bank failures this month that was partly induced by rising rates, the ex-chair believes more will be necessary to combat inflation....Read More
Bill Ackman – an American billionaire investor and Founder of Pershing Square Capital – thinks the US Federal Reserve should temporarily halt its policy to stabilize the local banking system and prevent contagion. Tesla’s CEO and one of the world’s richest people – Elon Musk – urged the central bank to drop the interest rates...Read More
Strike CEO Jack Mallers believes Bitcoin is primed to pump following the Federal Reserve’s $300 billion injection into the banking sector last week. Mallers predicts that the US dollar is entering a new era of persistently high inflation, which will only benefit Bitcoin. Is Higher Inflation Inevitable? Speaking with CNBC, co-anchor Kelly Evans asked the...Read More
The cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX outlined some possible scenarios that could unfold in the coming months for the cryptocurrency industry. It believes the Federal Reserve will most probably cease its interest rate hikes by the end of the year, triggering a flow of funds into global capital markets and risk-off assets. Cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin and...Read More
European regulators and policy experts are dismayed by how American watchdogs handled the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last weekend.Certain policymakers take issue with the Fed’s “systemic risk exception,” which they believe could undermine the credibility of banking globally. Critiques of the Bailout According to the Financial Times, a senior eurozone official said the Federal...Read More
Crypto-friendly Signature Bank was under criminal investigation by U.S. authorities over its anti-money laundering practices before its sudden collapse over the weekend, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. According to the report, investigators from the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington and Manhattan and people from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...Read More
America’s 3 federal bank regulators had a clarifying message for banking organizations on Thursday: servicing the crypto industry is neither illegal nor discouraged. That said, the institutions – including the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) – named various risks to keep in mind when...Read More
Robert Kiyosaki – the author of the bestseller “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” – thinks bitcoin will surge to $500,000 by 2025 due to an incoming market crash and a consecutive distrust in the US dollar. He has previously warned people to avoid traditional fiat currencies during uncertain times and focus on BTC or gold. Kiyosaki’s...Read More
Roger Ferguson – former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve – has offered his analysis of the central bank’s latest interest rate hike and the press conference that followed on Wednesday.. Ferguson believes that the Fed and the market do not agree on what the central bank will do next. The latter, he claims, is...Read More
Michael Burry – the famous American investor and hedge fund manager who predicted the 2008 financial crisis – deleted his personal Twitter account. In his latest tweet from last night (February 1), he advised investors to “sell.” However, most markets, including the cryptocurrency one, surged after the Federal Reserve increased the interest rates from 4.5%...Read More
David Kelly – Asset Management Chief Global Strategist for JP Morgan Chase – said it’s time for the Federal Reserve to quit hiking interest rates if it wants to keep the U.S. economy intact. Having “won” its war against inflation, the analyst claimed that the central bank now risks tipping the economy into a recession. ...Read More
The consumer price index excluding food and energy (core CPI) numbers will be released by the United States government on Thursday, January 12. Although the most recent months saw a decline in the inflation rates compared to the peaks in the summer of 2022, the estimates still show a painful picture. Here Are the Expectations...Read More
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) releases showing the current inflation rate in the USA and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings which determine the rate hikes in the country, have resulted in significant price swings in the cryptocurrency market over the past several months. In the following, we take a look at the events’...Read More
The bear market has been relentless. The little upward momentum gathered last week came to halt. For the most part, the price action has been at the mercy of good and bad news. The whales are hibernating, and with little volatility, Bitcoin is, by far and large, directionless. But experts are impatiently gearing up for...Read More
