Federal Reserve

Recently, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced a bill aimed at blocking the Federal Reserve from creating a consumer-based central bank digital currency, or CBDC. The effort by the Texas senator adds to a similar state-level measure proposed earlier this month by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. CoinDesk Senior Research Analyst George Kaloudis breaks down how U.S. political parties might align on crypto.

31 mar 2023

Bitcoin (BTC) is under pressure on Friday as options worth billions of dollars expired and some traders took bearish bets on the cryptocurrency's Ethereum-based wrapped version, WBTC. Bannockburn Global Forex Chief Market Strategist Marc Chandler shares his crypto markets analysis and the impact the ongoing banking crisis may have on the U.S. Federal Reserve's fight against inflation. "We know that banking crises, financial crises tend to be deflationary. What we don't know is the magnitude and the duration," Chandler said.

31 mar 2023

Bitcoin is trading around $28,000 as the PCE price index, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, increased 0.3% in February. Bannockburn Global Forex Chief Market Strategist Marc Chandler weighs in on the state of inflation in the U.S. and how current macroeconomic conditions could impact the crypto market.

31 mar 2023

U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) questions U.S. Treasury Undersecretary For Domestic Finance Nellie Liang, Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Martin Gruenberg on Silicon Valley Bank's collapse during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Wednesday.

29 mar 2023

Bitcoin (BTC) is bouncing back above $27,000 as crypto traders react to the CFTC's lawsuit against Binance and its CEO, Changpeng Zhao. XBTO Group head of trading Paul Eisma shares his analysis. Plus, a closer look at how the Federal Reserve's attempts to limit the banking sector crisis while balancing looming inflation concerns could impact the crypto markets.

28 mar 2023

DFD Partners President Bilal Little explains the Federal Reserve's "math problem" and why it is unlikely for the central bank to raise interest rates continuously. 

28 mar 2023

MarketVector Indexes Digital Asset Product Strategist Martin Leinweber shares his take on the U.S. Federal Reserve's continued interest rate hikes saying, "the problem is that the Fed is looking in the rearview mirror." He added "if you look at the forward looking indicators ... you already see that we are in a deflationary environment."

27 mar 2023

"I think what we're actually seeing now, for the first time, is a shift into that narrative of bitcoin being that inflation hedge," Innovating Capital General Partner Anthony Georgiades said. He shares his crypto markets analysis following the latest interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

24 mar 2023

Host Joel Flynn tracks the recent price across the cryptocurrencies market and explains why crypto is bouncing bank despite Federal Reserve's quarter-point rate hike.

24 mar 2023

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