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Fed 'Absolutely Prepared' to Step Into Markets: Boston Fed President Collins
Bitcoin and U.S. stocks added to earlier gains following Collins' comments in an interview with the FT.
Updated Apr 11, 2025, 6:01 p.m. Published Apr 11, 2025, 5:53 p.m.
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What to know:
- "We would absolutely be prepared" to address difficult market conditions if needed, said Boston Fed President Susan Collins in an FT interview.
- Currently, said Collins, markets continue to function well and the central bank is not seeing liquidity concerns.
- Bitcoin pushed to just shy of $84,000, up 6% over the past 24 hours, while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 extended their Friday advance to nearly 2%.
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- KuCoin recorded over $1.25 trillion in total trading volume in 2025, equivalent to an average of roughly $114 billion per month, marking its strongest year on record.
- This performance translated into an all-time high share of centralised exchange volume, as KuCoin’s activity expanded faster than aggregate CEX volumes, which slowed during periods of lower market volatility.
- Spot and derivatives volumes were evenly split, each exceeding $500 billion for the year, signalling broad-based usage rather than reliance on a single product line.
- Altcoins accounted for the majority of trading activity, reinforcing KuCoin’s role as a primary liquidity venue beyond BTC and ETH at a time when majors saw more muted turnover.
- Even as overall crypto volumes softened mid-year, KuCoin maintained elevated baseline activity, indicating structurally higher user engagement rather than short-lived volume spikes.
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FIL has support at the $1.52 level and resistance in the $1.59-$1.60 zone.
What to know:
- FIL slipped 3.6% to $1.54.
- The CoinDesk 20 index was 3.6% lower at publication time.
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