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Federal Reserve’s Powell: Inflation Battle Not Yet Close to Finished

The U.S. central bank chair, in a speech Friday morning, doubled down on his intent to aggressively hike interest rates to bring inflation down.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell at this year's economic symposium. (C-Span)

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Markets Should Prepare for Persistent Inflation and Continued Rate Hikes

U.S. Federal Reserve speakers were out in force one day ahead of Chairman Powell’s keynote address at the Jackson Hole conference.

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Bitcoin Loses Bullish Trendline as Fed Sees Restrictive Rates Needed for Some Time

Increasing and elevated rates are headwinds for bitcoin, one researcher said.

Bitcoin has dropped below a trendline rising from July's lows. (TradingView)

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Bitcoin, Ether Drop as Analysts Fear Fed Minutes Will Dash Hopes for 2023 Easing

Risk assets recently rallied in hopes that inflation has peaked and the Fed would cut interest rates next year. The central bank's monetary tightening has roiled cryptocurrencies.

Edificio de la Reserva Federal de los Estados Unidos. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Crypto Derivatives Traders Bet on Ether Staking Yields Doubling to 8% Post-Merge

Ether's price has surged recently in anticipation of the Merge, and the higher yields foreseen by derivatives traders would further enrich the ecosystem.

Traders use Voltz Protocol's interest rate swaps to bet on an expected rise in ether staking yields. No arm wrestling required. (RyanMcGuire/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

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Aggressive Rate Hikes Still Necessary, Say Fed’s Evans and Kashkari

A slowdown in inflation reported Wednesday morning raised hopes the U.S. central bank might tap the brakes on its monetary tightening cycle.

Two Federal Reserve governors see the need for continued rate hikes. (PM Images/Getty Images)

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Bank of England Raises Interest Rate by Most Since 1995

At 1.75%, the rate is now the highest since the start of the global financial crisis in late 2008.

El Banco de Inglaterra sube las tasas en 50 puntos base. (PeterRoe/Pixabay)

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Bitcoin Below $22K Ahead of Expected Fed Rate Hike

Bitcoin fell below $22,000 as investors brace for an expected 75-basis-point interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve this week. Gerber Kawasaki's Director of Get Invested Brett Sifling discusses his crypto markets analysis and outlook, examining bitcoin as an inflation hedge. Plus, what will institutions and corporations make of Tesla's gains?

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Bitcoin Drops Even as Wall Street’s ‘Fear Gauge’ Indicates Calm Ahead of Fed Decision

Bitcoin fell even as the Chicago Board of Options Exchange’s volatility index (VIX), a measure known as Wall Street’s fear gauge, showed an absence of investor anxiety ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s expected 75 basis point interest rate hike.

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