U.S. Interest Rates High Enough to Tame Inflation, Avoid Recession: Chicago Fed
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago economists predict low inflation and a resilient economy, a potential goldilocks scenario for risk assets, including cryptocurrencies.
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Stablecoins Can Provide an Escape From High-Inflation Currencies: Brevan Howard Digital
Usage has shown a low correlation with crypto exchange volumes, which suggests that significant stablecoin transaction volumes are likely being used for non-speculative purposes, the report said.
Fed’s Powell at Jackson Hole: Prepared to Raise Rates Further if Appropriate
Market participants were looking to Friday morning’s speech to gauge the future direction of the U.S. central bank’s monetary policy.
Bitcoin Bulls Mull the Meaning of New Fed Messaging on Inflation and Interest Rates
Instruments tied to interest rates compete with Bitcoin for investor dollars.
U.S. Added 209K Jobs in June, Missing Expectations for 230K
The unemployment rate TKTK to 3.X% versus 3.7% in June and against expectations for 3.7%.
Thank BlackRock’s Clients For Larry Fink’s Change Of Heart
BlackRock’s CEO once called Bitcoin an “index of money laundering.” Now he’s changed his tune.
Bitcoin Unlikely to Be Destabilized by Real Yields, Crypto Observers Say
The rise in real yields is more of a headache to blue chip stocks than to markets like technology or crypto and will not disrupt the medium-term growth story, one observer said.
U.S. CPI Inflation Falls to 4.9% in April; Bitcoin Rises Above $28K
The Federal Reserve last week suggested it could pause its long series of rate hikes even as inflation remains well above its 2% target.
Bitcoin Tends to Become More Volatile Around Monthly U.S. Inflation Releases: Kaiko
Monthly U.S. inflation readings influence the Fed policy, which impacts both crypto and traditional markets.
Are Cryptocurrencies an Inflation Hedge? Theoretically Yes, Factually No Says S&P
Some argue that crypto assets could be in demand in a high-interest rates/high inflation environment because they could serve as a store of value, however crypto’s track record is too short to prove this, S&P said.