Federal Reserve

Powell Puts September Rate Cut in Play; Bitcoin Pushes Higher
The Fed chair, perhaps surprisingly, took a dovish tone in his remarks at Jackson Hole.

Fed's Hammack Says 'No' to Rate Cut; Bitcoin Slips to Session Low Below $113K
The data currently on hand does not support the case for lowering interest rates, said the president of the Cleveland Fed.

Hawkish FOMC Minutes Knocks Legs Out of Crypto Bounce
The majority of participants at the Fed's last monetary policy meeting saw inflation risk outweighing employment risk.

Crypto Is ‘Nothing to Be Afraid of’ Says Fed Governor Chris Waller
Waller is reportedly in the running to succeed Jerome Powell as Fed chair.

Bitcoin Drops Below $114K, Ether Loses $4.2K as Jackson Hole Speech Might Bring Hawkish Surprise
The bubble in crypto treasury strategy companies deflated even further on Tuesday.

U.S. Fed Officially Scraps Specialist Group Meant to Oversee Crypto Issues
The Federal Reserve has shuttered the Novel Activities Supervision Program it built in 2023 that was — in part — meant to focus on banks' crypto activity.

Ether, Cardano, XRP Among Cryptos Taking New Leg Higher as Scott Bessent Floats 50 Basis Point Rate Cut
Bitcoin also crossed back above $120,000, but it's underperforming much of the rest of the cryptocurrency sector.

Bitcoin Surges Past $117K as Trump Taps Stephen Miran for Federal Reserve
An executive order paving the way for crypto to be included in 401(k) plans is also helping boost prices on Thursday.

Crypto Market Bloodbath: Three Reasons Traders Are in Risk-Off Mode
A dismal U.S. jobs report, rising geopolitical risks and recession worries triggered a broad crypto sell-off led by BTC and ETH.

Fed Holds Rates Steady as Expected, but Two Dissent From Decision
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has been under considerable pressure from the White House to ease monetary policy.
