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Markets

Market Wrap: Cryptos Decline as FOMC Delivers Expected Rate Hike

Expect the price of bitcoin and other riskier assets to bob and weave on the waves of macroeconomic uncertainty.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Markets Wait for Fed to Officially Announce What It Has Signaled for Weeks

Absent a huge surprise, markets are expecting interest rates to increase by 75 basis points.

Markets are waiting for the Fed's interest rate decision Wednesday. (Hennie Stander/Unsplash)

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Regains $19K and Ether Rises as FOMC Meeting Nears

Both assets are likely to remain in a tight trading range, at least until the Federal Reserve announces its latest interest rate hike or some other catalyst appears.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will speak at a press conference after this week's FOMC meeting. (Federal Reserve via Wikimedia Commons)

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin and Ether Close the Week Lower

Ether continues to decline as traders position for what’s next for the Ethereum protocol.

Traditional and digital markets trade down again. (Marc Kleen/Unsplash)

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Market Wrap: Markets Trade Lower Despite Success of Ethereum Merge

Ether was down more than 9% at one point as traders decided to “sell the fact” following a nearly seamless Ethereum Merge.

The Merge was successful, but ETH fell 9%. (Deepak Maurya/Unsplash)

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Ethereum Merge Brings 'Sell-the-Fact' Price Move in Crypto Markets

The price stability that prevailed after Ethereum's shift to a more energy-efficient proof-of-stake network suddenly evaporated as ether slid 9.1%, its worst day since late August.

The Ethereum Merge watch parties are over. Now the hangover seems to be hitting crypto markets. (Creative Commons)

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Market Wrap: Ether Trades Relatively Flat Ahead of Ethereum Merge

Investors remain cautious in the final hours before the much-anticipated network upgrade event.

In the final hours before the Merge, BTC and ETH traded flat. (Kenan Reed/Unsplash)

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Crypto Traders in Wait-and-See Mode in Countdown to Ethereum Merge

Ether was trading around the $1,500 level as the Merge approaches in less than 12 hours. Bitcoin was back below $20,000.

Crypto markets were choppy ahead of the Ethereum Merge. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

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Market Wrap: US Inflation Data Roils Markets, Bitcoin and Ether Fall

Investors expecting a more significant improvement in inflation data were disappointed and showed it by selling.

Inflation data disappoints investors, roiling the crypto markets. (Pedro Vilela/Getty Images)

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4 Things Blockchain Analysts Are Saying About the Ethereum Merge

Investors are increasingly turning to futures markets over spot markets in order to readjust their exposure ahead of the Merge, researchers said.

The upcoming Merge comes with some risks, says DappRadar. (ryasick/Getty Images)