Crypto News
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Prison officials began transferring former crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried to a new facility early Wednesday, removing him from the Brooklyn, New York, jail where he’s resided for the past nine months, a spokesperson for Bankman-Fried said. It wasn’t immediately clear where he was being transferred, but the spokesperson said Bankman-Fried told people close ...
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It was, back then, a new transaction, conceived from peer-to-peer friendships, and dedicated to the proposition that commerce on the Internet has come to rely almost exclusively on financial institutions. Now we are almost a decade and a half on, in a movement that could test whether the ideas conceived by Satoshi Nakamoto can endure. We are met with ...
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Ether’s (ETH) price is fast approaching its highest in two years as the second-largest cryptocurrency by market value is having a similar bull run to bitcoin’s last year. Investors are bidding up the price of ETH, the cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain protocol, in hopes that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will approve a spot ether ...
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Ether’s (ETH) price is fast approaching its highest in two years as the second-largest cryptocurrency by market value is having a similar bull run to bitcoin’s last year. Investors are bidding up the price of ETH, the cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain protocol, in hopes that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will approve a spot ether ...
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The House Wednesday passed the first major piece of legislation that would provide regulatory clarity to the cryptocurrency industry. Why it matters: The industry has long complained that there was no way to operate in a way that conformed with U.S. regulations (other than to just not operate at all). Driving the news: The Financial Innovation and ...
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It's been a heck of a ride over the past few years for digital asset markets. The November 2022 collapse of once-dominant cryptocurrency exchange FTX had a chilling effect on investor enthusiasm, and harsher regulatory scrutiny in the sector became the norm. But thanks in large part to the long-term promise of "Web 3.0" technology and fintech innovations – ...
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday that G7 finance ministers will discuss their concerns about China's excess industrial capacity and potential responses, ...
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An ugly home sales print (but record April home prices) combined with declining traffic and smaller spend data from Target threw some shade on the market early on but it was the ...
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Federal Reserve officials grew more concerned at their most recent meeting about inflation, with members indicating that they lacked the confidence to move forward on interest ...
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post: FOMC Minutes: Fed Officials Note 'Disappointing' Inflation Readings in First Quarter FOMC Minutes: Officials Discuss Holding Rates Steady For Longer if Inflation Doesn't Fall FOMC Minutes: Officials Still Think Monetary Policy Is Restrictive, But Uncertain About DegreeMinutes of the Federal Open Market Committee April 30–May 1, 2024 Developments in Financial Markets and Open Market Operations The manager turned first to a review of developments in financial markets. Domestic data releases over the intermeeting period pointed to inflation being more persistent than previously expected and to a generally resilient economy. Policy expectations shifted materially in response. The policy rate path derived from futures prices implied fewer than two 25 basis point rate cuts by yearend. The modal path based on options prices was quite flat, suggesting at most one such rate cut in 2024. The median of the modal paths of the federal funds rate obtained from the Open Market Desk’s Survey of Primary Dealers and Survey of Market Participants also indicated fewer cuts this year than previously thought. Respondents’ baseline expectations for the timing of the first rate cut—which had been concentrated around June in the March surveys—shifted out significantly and became more diffuse. Treasury yields rose materially over the intermeeting period. At shorter maturities, the increase appeared to largely reflect higher inflation compensation, while at longer maturities, it was attributable mostly to a higher expected path for the real policy rate and higher real risk premiums. Model estimates suggested that inflation expectations rose some, but mostly at post: FED MINUTES: PARTICIPANTS AT THE MEETING ASSESSED IT WOULD TAKE LONGER THAN PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED TO GAIN GREATER CONFIDENCE IN INFLATION MOVING SUSTAINABLY TO 2%. post: FED MINUTES: VARIOUS PARTICIPANTS MENTIONED WILLINGNESS TO TIGHTEN POLICY FURTHER SHOULD RISKS TO OUTLOOK MATERIALIZE AND MAKE SUCH ACTION APPROPRIATE. post: Fed Staff’s Economic Projection Was Similar to March Outlook, but Noted That Deteriorating Household Financial Positions, Especially for Lower-Income Households, Might Prove to Be Bigger Drag on Activity Than Anticipated
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post: PBoC Sets Yuan Mid-Point At 7.1098 / Dollar Vs Last Close 7.2416 - Weakest Since January Amid Dollar ReboundPBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 7.1098 (vs. estimate at 7.2451) PBOC injects 2bn via 7-day RR, sets rate at an unchanged 1.8% • 2bn mature today. • Thus neutral in OMOs today.
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Go long after a bullish price action reversal on the H1 timeframe following the next touch of $68,906, $65,832, or $64,620. Put the stop loss $100 below the local swing low. Move the stop loss to break even once the trade is $100 in profit by price. Take off 50% of the position as profit when the trade is $100 in profit by price and leave the remainder of ...
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Bitcoin price started a downside correction after it struggled above the $71,500 level. A new weekly high was formed at $71,896 and the price recently started a downside correction. The price declined below the $70,000 level and tested the 50% Fib retracement level of the upward wave from the $66,046 swing low to the $71,896 high. There was also a spike ...
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It's been a heck of a ride over the past few years for digital asset markets. The November 2022 collapse of once-dominant cryptocurrency exchange FTX had a chilling effect on investor enthusiasm, and harsher regulatory scrutiny in the sector became the norm. But thanks in large part to the long-term promise of "Web 3.0" technology and fintech innovations – ...