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Markets

First Mover Americas: Hedera’s Token Gains on Fed Move

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for August 14, 2023.

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

Finance

U.S. July CPI Matches Estimates With 0.2% Monthly Growth

The number may decrease the chance the Fed will raise rates next month, a potential catalyst for bitcoin.

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Videos

Federal Reserve Begins New Program for Overseeing Banks’ Crypto Activity

The U.S. Federal Reserve is kicking off a new program for overseeing banks’ crypto activity, and it further clarified its requirement that the lenders under its authority get approval before engaging in digital assets activities. "The Hash" panel discusses what this means for banks' involvement with crypto.

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Policy

Fed Starts New Program to Oversee Crypto Activity in U.S. Banks

Fresh crypto guidance from the U.S. central bank doesn’t represent a departure from previous policy, but it provides more details on what the Federal Reserve expects from banks.

The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

CPI Preview: Bitcoin Unlikely to Get Bullish Catalyst From July Inflation Data

Markets are already expecting the Fed to refrain from more rate hikes this year and have begun pricing in rate cuts in 2024.

The April inflation report was released Wednesday morning (JLGutierrez/Getty Images)

Markets

Fed's Rate Hike Cycle Has Peaked, Investment Banks Say

The end of the tightening cycle, however, doesn't necessarily imply a quick pivot toward zero interest rate policy, meaning animal spirits may not return to the crypto market anytime soon.

Fed's liquidity tightening cycle may have peaked. (stevepb/Pixabay)

Finance

U.S. Added 187K Jobs in July, Missing Estimates for 200K, Bitcoin Slips to $29,100

The unemployment rate fell to 3.5% versus forecasts for 3.6%.

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Markets

Bitcoin Remains in Tight Range Around $29.3K; Stellar's XLM Leads Altcoin Gainers

Fresh U.S. economic data Thursday morning delivered good news on inflation and economic growth.

BTC

Videos

Fed Chair Powell Gives Update on Inflation Goal After Interest Rate Hike Decision

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke at a press conference on Wednesday, discussing the central bank's progress in reducing inflation and why there's likely more work ahead. "We have to get inflation down to 2% and we will," Powell said. "And we just don't see that yet."

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Markets

Federal Reserve Hikes Fed Funds Rate by 25 Basis Points

The move was fully anticipated by market participants who will now look to Chairman Jerome Powell’s imminent post-meeting press conference for clues about whether the central bank intends to continue tightening monetary policy.

Tokens de XRP aumentan tras la presentación de la CFCT contra el destacado exchange de criptomonedas Binance. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)