Interest Rates

Sense Finance Raises $5.2M to Bring Yield Trading to DeFi

Dragonfly Capital led the funding round with participation including Robot Ventures and Bain Capital.

News  ·  3 August 2021

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Declines as Fed Projects Interest Rate Rise in 2023

The U.S. central bank also increased estimates of coming inflation to 3% from the 2.2% projection in March, largely due to transitory factors.

Markets  ·  16 June 2021
Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve Officials Raise 2021 Inflation Projection, Powell Addresses Asset Purchases

This was a significant increase from the 2.4% officials were predicting in March.

Markets  ·  16 June 2021
Bitcoin

Upside Elusive for Bitcoin as Yellen Says Fed Rate Hike a ‘Plus’

Yellen's rate-hike comments and lingering China regulatory concerns dominate market sentiment.

Markets  ·  7 June 2021
Inflation

As Powell Heads to Fed Meeting, Inflation Data Can Only Get Worse

Fed Chair Jerome Powell's challenge is to convince traders he's got the resolve to respond to runaway inflation, without actually doing anything.

Markets  ·  27 April 2021
Markets

Why Genesis, BlockFi, Ledn Are Cutting Interest Rates on Large-Scale Bitcoin Deposits

Genesis is cutting bitcoin deposit rates effective Thursday, following BlockFi's reduction last week.

Markets  ·  31 March 2021
Ether

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Near $58K on Fed Pledge to Keep Loose Policy

Bitcoin's price has doubled this year, partly because of demand from institutional investors who are looking for an asset that might hold its worth if the dollar’s purchasing power declines.

Markets  ·  17 March 2021
Federal Reserve

Bitcoin Pares Losses as Fed’s Powell Sees No Rate Hike Anytime Soon

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell assures markets that monetary policy will stay loose "as long as it takes."

Markets  ·  17 March 2021
Inflation

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.

Policy & regulation  ·  16 March 2021
Inflation

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

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

Markets  ·  27 January 2021
Federal Reserve

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

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

Markets  ·  27 January 2021
Inflation

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.

Business  ·  26 January 2021
Yield Farming

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.

People  ·  5 January 2021
DeFi

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.

Tech  ·  27 October 2020
Bitcoin

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.

Markets  ·  7 October 2020