May 18, 2022

Bitcoin dipped under $30,000 Wednesday amid a retreat across traditional markets, driven in part by Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s pledge to keep tightening monetary conditions until inflation comes down. Ikigai’s Travis Kling discusses the impact of Fed policy on the crypto markets, also touching on BTC’s use cases, USDT, Terra and altcoins.

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