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Crypto Catalysts: Rate Hike Looms as FOMC Begins Latest Monetary Policy Deliberations

The U.S. central bank has been telegraphing its intent to renew rate hikes for weeks. The Personal Consumption Expenditures report arrives Friday, but cryptos and other risk-on assets have been largely immune to macro events.

Fed Chair Jay Powell is set to speak after the central bank held policy steady (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Blasts Through $23.5K as Powell Speaks Following Fed Rate Hike

The U.S. central bank earlier Wednesday lifted its benchmark interest rate 25 basis points.

Bitcoin price chart shows a price jump on Wednesday. (CoinDesk)

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Fed’s Powell: Without Price Stability, the Economy Doesn’t Work For Anyone

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference to discuss the central bank’s latest interest rate decision. This is the third consecutive time that members of the Federal Open Market Committee raised rates by 75 basis points.

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Optimas CEO on Inflation: Fed Chair Powell Will ‘Turn to Quantitative Easing Within 6–7 Months’

Optimas CEO and founder Octavio Marenzi shares his insights on Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s plans for a quarter-point rate hike later this month, believing this is only a short-term concern and Powell is likely to utilize quantitative easing (QE) within the next six to seven months.

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Bitcoin Traders Preparing for Tumultuous March, Glassnode Says

Traders are de-leveraging because of expected turbulence coming from rate hikes and the potential conflict in Ukraine.

Federal Reserve building (Paul Brady Photography/Shutterstock)

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Goldman Says Market Overpricing Odds of Fed Rate Hike, In Relief for Bitcoin Bulls

The Fed futures market now anticipates interest rate hikes in 2022, up from 2024 just four weeks ago.

This chart, showing six decades of Federal Reserve interest rates, shows how low they are now on a historical basis.

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