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Markets

Crypto Catalyst Watch: What Might Move Markets This Week

The Federal Reserve’s latest rate hike decision and U.S. inflation data are among key upcoming items.

Federal Reserve Board Building (AgnosticPreachersKid/Wikimedia)

Finance

Federal Reserve Hikes Rates by 25 Basis Points

Recent bank failures had market participants questioning if the U.S. central bank would follow through with its previous intention to further tighten monetary policy.

The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin, Ether Shrug Off U.S. Jobs Data

The two largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization also recently appear to have decoupled from equity indexes.

The price of ether has risen 16% in the past week. (Getty Images)

Markets

Crypto Investors Are Left Guessing the Fed’s Next Move

The CPI data shows inflation remains problematic. Crypto investors are hoping the U.S. central bank breaks from its monetary hawkishness of the past year.

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Markets

Prices, Volume Spike on Mix of Regulators' Backstops and Lower Rate Expectations

Investors found comfort in banking and finance regulators’ interventions on behalf of depositors to Silicon Valley and Signature banks, and grew hopeful that the Federal Reserve would not boost interest rates at its next meeting.

The FDIC completed a sale of most of Silicon Valley Bank's assets to First Citizens Bank. (George Rose/Getty Images)

Opinion

Who Failed Silicon Valley Bank Depositors?

Should we point fingers at Silicon Valley Bank, the Federal Reserve, the banking system, crypto or the depositors themselves?

Where's George Bailey when you really need him? (RKO Radio Picture/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Falls Back Toward Week's Low on Inflation Worry

The January PCE Price Index – the Fed's favored inflation indicator – unexpectedly rose to 5.4%.

The government's inflation report for April was released Wednesday morning (Getty Images)

Markets

2022 – Crypto Markets: A Year in Review

Coming off euphoric highs of the year before, the crypto market has endured an environment of tightening monetary policy, which led to sell-offs, implosions of projects like Terra, bankruptcy filings of CeFi companies including Celsius Network and Voyager Digital and the climactic downfall of the FTX exchange.

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Markets

Fed Likely to Raise Rates by 50 Basis Points in December; Bitcoin Jumps

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that "it makes sense to moderate the pace of our rate hikes" as soon as December.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

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