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Bitcoin price tests $27K support as Fed holds interest rates at FOMC

Bitcoin (BTC) saw snap volatility on Sep. 20 as the United States Federal Reserve maintained interest rates at twenty-year highs.BTC price digests Fed rate pauseData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC price action as it reacted to the rate decision and accompanying commentary from Fed Chair Jerome Powell.The

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The Relationship Between Bitcoin and Interest Rates is Breaking Down: Arthur Hayes

“All the while, this, coupled with the political hostility of austerity, increases deficits, leading the U.S. Treasury to issue more bonds. The resulting interest payments to the wealthy stimulate spending and nominal GDP growth, creating a paradox where the Fed's rate hikes inadvertently fuel economic growth," Hayes said. Source

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Funding Rates of Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Plummet Amid BTC Price Slide

"For BTC, option sellers were short too many put options, for more investors were previously bullish, selling put options to finance buying call options to reduce costs. So the sudden and unexpected price drop lead to hedging behavior, catalyzing deeper decline," Griffin Ardern, volatility trader from crypto asset management firm

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CME Group to launch BTC, ETH reference rates aimed at Asia’s investors

Derivatives marketplace CME Group is launching Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) reference rates for the Asia Pacific region, in another sign of growing institutional interest in crypto from Asia.On Aug. 16, derivatives marketplace CME Group said it’s partnered with crypto indices provider CF Benchmarks and on Sept. 11 to launch

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Bitcoin traders eye Fed’s Powell as FOMC hikes rates to 22-year highs

Bitcoin shifted toward $30,000 on July 26 as the Federal Reserve delivered a fresh interest rate hike.BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingViewBitcoin tames volatility ahead of Powell press conferenceData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed Bitcoin's (BTC) price performance strengthening after the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) took rates 0.25% higher.While still

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Business Activity Growth Slows in Europe as Economy Suffers from High Interest Rates

There is a recorded plunge in business activity as Europe reels from rising inflation and a consistent increase in interest rates. Business activity in Europe is waning as the region suffers slow economic growth. Recent data shows that the euro zone’s flash composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell from 52.8 in

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