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Markets

Bitcoin’s Bounce Stalls Below $40,000

Rising alongside bitcoin are equity markets, with the Nasdaq higher by 4% from its worst levels on Thursday morning.

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Markets

Bitcoin Falls 7% as Russia Invades Ukraine; Experts Say Fed U-Turn on Rate Hikes Unlikely

It's a Catch-22 situation for the Fed, with geopolitical uncertainty posing risks to financial market stability and oil's move above $100 likely to bolster inflation.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at his renomination hearings in January. The Fed is mulling its 2022 interest rate plans. (Brendan Smialowski-Pool/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Renaissance Likely in H2: Babel Finance

Growth stocks and bitcoin will move higher three months after the first Fed rate hike, one observer said.

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Opinion

The Macro Moment Hits: Central Banks, Interest Rates and Bitcoin

Central banks can never raise rates meaningfully again, says LeboBTC Ledger Group co-founder David Leibowitz. Here's what it means for bitcoin.

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Policy

Federal Reserve Security Trading Ban Formally Adopted and Extended to Cryptos

The move follows last year's controversial disclosures of top central bank officers actively trading markets, often ahead of key policy decisions.

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Videos

Bitcoin Down as Stocks Pare Losses After Fed Minutes

Bitcoin is down over 3% over the past 24 hours as stock prices also fell off after the release of the Federal Reserve's most recent meeting minutes. TheoTrade co-founder Don Kaufman discusses his reading of the impact of "inflationary pressures" and geopolitical tensions on the crypto markets, and where we're headed.

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Videos

Osprey Funds Founder Remains Bullish as Fed Ready to Shrink Balance Sheet Soon

Osprey Funds Founder and CEO Greg King shares his markets analysis as the Federal Reserve’s January meeting minutes show a soon shrinking balance sheet. King says that the market needs to get through this fed cycle to potentially get out of a bear market.

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Videos

Bitcoin Rangebound; Initial Support at $40K, Resistance at $46K

Bitcoin (BTC) was trading in a tight range between $43,000 and $44,000 over the past 24 hours. Support is nearby, which could limit pullbacks over the short term, CoinDesk’s Markets Analyst Damanick Dantes explains. He adds that traders are looking forward to March’s pending rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.

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Markets

Minutes Show Fed Ready to Take Action, Mentions Crypto and Stablecoin Risks

Officials said they are ready to hike interest rates and also briefly mentioned the threat of crypto and stablecoins to the financial system.

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Markets

Irrelevance of January Fed Minutes Shows How Fast Monetary Policy Is Moving

The Federal Reserve is scheduled to release minutes of its January meeting later Wednesday but the market seems to have already moved on.

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