Abracadabra Protocol To Counter CRV Risk With 200% Interest Rate Hike
DeFi lending protocol, Abracadabra Money, is currently debating a proposal to boost the interest rate in its CRV lending markets as it
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European Central Bank Follows US Fed’s Footsteps With 25 BPS Hike
On Thursday, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) announced that it was raising “three key ECB interest rates” by 25 basis points (BPS) in a move similar to the one taken by the United States Federal Reserve. The US Federal Reserve, on Wednesday, increased its fund rates by
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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Post-Fed Rate Hike Fizzles. Will BTC's Recent Low Volatility Last Much Longer?
zkSync Era launched only in March but has more daily active addresses than Arbitrum and Optimism, the two largest scaling solutions by total value locked, underscoring the rising interest in its potential airdrop. Source
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FOMC Delivers Expected 0.25% Rate Hike, Bitcoin Holds Steady Above $29,000
The Federal Reserve’s (Fed) decision to raise the Federal Funds Rate (FFR) by 25 basis points to 5.50%, the highest level since February 2021, had little impact on the cryptocurrency market and Bitcoin (BTC), with the event described as “very vanilla” by the Journalist Ted Talks Macro. The FOMC indicated that
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Bitcoin Surpasses $29.6K After Fed's Rate Hike; CoinDesk Market Index Jumps 1.2%
A few more Fed rate hikes are likely, but "the hardest work is done," one expert said. Source
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Bitcoin BTC Price Slogs Near $29.2K While DOGE Dogecoin Price Spikes Ahead of Likely Fed Rate Hike
Musk has taken a special interest in DOGE with his various pronouncements even before he acquired Twitter, driving the token's price. “Elon clearly has an affinity for DOGE, almost as part of a running joke, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he actually went through with enabling payments via DOGE,”
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Likely Interest Rate Hike on the Menu as FOMC Begins Latest Monetary Policy Deliberations, but BTC Seems Unchangeable at Present
Crypto markets have been curiously resistant to the latest macroeconomic utterances. With a few blips, bitcoin has been trading in a range between $29,000 and $31,500 for much of the past two months. It was recently changing hands at $29,100, down more than 3% over the past 24 hours. "It
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Bitcoin Price (BTC) Retreats to $30.6K as Blowout ADP Report Strengthens Fed Rate Hike Bets
The ADP report surprised markets in a big way to the upside, showing 497,000 private-sector jobs added in June, more than double the consensus forecast for 220,000. The data overshadowed a report by the Labor Department that showed modest labor market weakness, with first-time filings for jobless claims rising 248,000
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Fed Pauses on Rate Hike but Warns of Two More Coming This Year
The US central bank chairman Jerome Powell has stated that there would be two more rate hikes in 2023. Bank of America expects these hikes to come in July and September. On Wednesday, June 14, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) decided to put a pause on its unprecedented rate hike
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Bitcoin BTC Price Holds Sinks to 25.5K as Investors Shrug Off Fed Rate Hike Pause
Still, indicator was pointing bullishly. A price pattern called "throwback" has emerged on bitcoin's daily chart that could recharge bulls' engines for a rally toward $37,000, according to Valkyrie Investments. In technical analysis, a throwback is a price drop to a former breakout level or resistance-turned-support. After a breakout, prices
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