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The Fed is unlikely to take comfort from the slight expected decline in the headline Inflation. (stevepb/Pixabay)
Inflation Probably Slowed in July, but Not by Enough to Trigger Crypto Bull Run
Goldman Sachs still sees the risk of higher consumer prices.
The Fed is unlikely to take comfort from the slight expected decline in the headline Inflation. (stevepb/Pixabay)

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US Adds 528K Jobs in July, More Than Doubling Estimates; Bitcoin Dips
Investors are likely to expect the Federal Reserve to continue aggressively hiking interest rates in response.
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Bitcoin Up After July Fed Rate Hike Announcement
Bitcoin Up After July Fed Rate Hike Announcement
Bitcoin and other risk-on assets trending higher following U.S. Federal Reserve officials this week reiterating plans to keep raising interest rates higher to tamp down soarin...
Bitcoin Up After July Fed Rate Hike Announcement

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Crypto News Roundup for Aug. 3, 2022
With BTC and ETH trading in the green despite network hacks on the Solana blockchain, plus a look at how big crypto stadium sponsorships work, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is ba...
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Hash Headlines: Top Stories of the Week
A roundup of the week’s most valuable crypto stories for Saturday, July 30, 2022.
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Crypto Lender Voyager Ordered by US Regulators to Stop Misleading Customers
Crypto Lender Voyager Ordered by US Regulators to Stop Misleading Customers
The Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) ordered Voyager to cease any representations that customers’ funds would be protected in case of the compa...
Crypto Lender Voyager Ordered by US Regulators to Stop Misleading Customers

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Why Markets Viewed the Fed's Latest 75 Basis Point Hike as 'Dovish'
Bitcoin is up more than 10% since the FOMC presser.
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Ether futures saw over $165 million in liquidations overall. (deepblue4you/Getty images)
Ether Dominates Futures Trading as Shorts See $200M in Liquidations
Crypto markets jumped after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to hike rates by 75 basis points. The move caught short traders by surprise.
Ether futures saw over $165 million in liquidations overall. (deepblue4you/Getty images)

U.S. GDP is likely to show the economy avoided recession in the second quarter. (Simon Kadula/Unsplash)
Bitcoin Market Awaits US GDP After Biggest Single-Day Gain in 6 Weeks
With the Federal Reserve ditching forward guidance, data releases on GDP and inflation could inject more volatility into markets than ever.
U.S. GDP is likely to show the economy avoided recession in the second quarter. (Simon Kadula/Unsplash)

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell at a press conference on July 27th in Washington D.C. (Source: Federal Reserve)
Federal Reserve Hikes US Interest Rate by 0.75 Percentage Point
The latest monetary policy decision from Federal Open Market Committee brings the federal funds rate to a range of 2.25%-2.5%. Bitcoin's price was little changed after the ann...
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell at a press conference on July 27th in Washington D.C. (Source: Federal Reserve)