Interest Rates

Interest Rates

Policy

How the Federal Reserve Might Try to Calm Inflation Fears This Week

The question is whether Powell will allow bond yields to keep rising or if the Fed will step in to ward off any unwanted market reaction.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Markets

Fed Chair Powell: ‘We’d Welcome Higher Inflation’

The central bank doesn’t want to pull back asset purchases just yet, Powell said Wednesday.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Markets

Federal Reserve Holds Rates, Asset Purchases Steady as Economic Activity Moderates

The U.S. central bank said interest rates will remain close to zero.

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Finance

How Bitcoiners Should Watch the US Federal Reserve Meeting on Wednesday

Comments from the Fed could tell bitcoiners how committed the central bank is to staying the course on low interest rates through the rest of the year.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Markets

Ethereum: The Last Bastion for Yield

U.S. Treasury and corporate bonds are returning lower yields than ever. Ethereum's currency ether (ETH) presents an alternative.

Bitcoin traders are tokenizing the cryptocurrency to run on the Ethereum blockchain for extra yield.

Tech

This Paradigm-Backed Startup Is Offering DeFi's First 'T-Bill'

Newly launched DeFi lending project Yield Protocol is offering stable interest rates for investors.

A Treasury Bill

Markets

Bitcoin Correlations Depend on What Phase It Is In

Bitcoin's correlations with gold and the stock market appears contradictory on the surface. There are deeper machinations at work.

Phases of a lunar eclipse

Markets

How Monetary Policy Undermined American Resilience

A legacy of artificially low interest rates is not just the death of savings, but a forced buying into the perpetual growth machine of financial asset prices.

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Markets

Voyager to Pay Interest on DeFi Tokens to Gain Brokerage Clients

LINK, KNC and BAT bring the number of tokens in Voyager's interest payout program to 17.

Voyager founder and CEO Steve Ehrlich (right)

Markets

An Unintended Consequence of Low Interest Rates? The Big Get Bigger

As companies have to shift their business model to contend with low interest rates, the largest find themselves in a comparatively better situation.

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