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Bitcoin Price Remains Lower After Release of FOMC Minutes

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark fed funds rate by 25 basis points at its most recent meeting.

Hawkish remarks by a Fed official sent bitcoin falling.(Getty Images/Tim Chapman)

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Bitcoin Briefly Tops $23.3K as Powell Repeats 'Disinflationary Process' Comment

Umee Founder and CEO Brent Xu discusses his outlook for bitcoin (BTC) as investors mull recent remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The Fed leader spoke days after the central bank last hiked interest rates.

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Bitcoin Rises to $23.3K as Jerome Powell Repeats 'Disinflationary Process' Comment

The Fed chair spoke days after the central bank last hiked interest rates.

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Finance

Federal Reserve Lifts Interest Rates Another 25 Basis Points

Bitcoin's price was little changed in the minutes following the announcement.

U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Fed Preview: Powell to Trigger 'Healthy Pullback' in Bitcoin, Experts Say

Financial conditions have loosened to a point where the Fed chair may detail the extent of easing is unwarranted, one observer said, warning of a pullback in risk assets.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is leading a program to test the use of digital tokens to settle transactions among financial institutions. (Shutterstock)

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Money Supply ‘Falling Like a Stone’: Economist

Johns Hopkins University professor of applied economics Steve Hanke shares his outlook on the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee decision on interest rates and the current state of the money supply.

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Markets

Bank of Canada Signals Pause to Rate Hike Cycle

Bitcoin is mostly ignoring the news, but it's a potentially bullish sign.

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Bitcoin Sees 30% Rally in Last 2 Weeks

Bitcoin (BTC) is holding steady near $23,000 for another day, while ether (ETH) remains above $1,600. Matt Weller, Global Head of Research at Forex.com, discusses his outlook for the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

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Case for Bitcoin Investment Is Being Strengthened: Expert

Hashdex Head of U.S. and new markets Bruno Ramos de Sousa discusses his crypto outlook in 2023 with a focus on Bitcoin’s investment case and regulatory clarity. Plus, his market analysis as the latest meeting minutes from Federal Reserve show that officials expect higher interest rates to remain for a while.

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