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US Central Bank Raises Rates by Half a Percentage Point, Fed’s Powell Says Similar Hikes Are on the Table

The U.S. Federal Reserve raised the benchmark interest rate on Wednesday and the increase was the biggest rate hike in two decades. “Inflation is much too high,” the central bank’s…

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Fed’s Bullard Wants to Raise Bank Rate to 3.5% by Year’s End, Hints at 75 Basis Point Rate Hike

The 12th president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, James Bullard, thinks the U.S. central bank can increase the benchmark bank interest rate by 75 basis points this…

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A Look at the First Quarter’s Top Performing Cryptocurrencies in 2022

The first quarter of 2022 has come to an end and specific digital currency markets have seen a lot of action during the last three months. Out of the top…

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Fed Hikes Benchmark Bank Rate for the First Time Since 2018, FOMC Expects 6 More Increases

On Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and Fed chair Jerome Powell held a press conference concerning the American economy, the central bank’s plans to address inflation, and the…

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Yuga Labs Obtains Cryptopunks and Meebits Brands, Gives Commercial Rights to NFT Holders

On Friday, Yuga Labs, the firm behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible token (NFT) collection, announced the company acquired the intellectual property behind the Cryptopunks and Meebits brands.…

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Research Firm Predicts Bitcoin Will Hit $200K in Second Half of 2022, ETH to Reach $12K

This week in a note to investors, Fsinsight, a Fundstrat company, said bitcoin could reach $200,000 during the second half of the year. In the investor’s note, Fsinsight’s head of…

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Rolling Stone Partners With Coinbase, First Collaboration Is a Limited Edition NFT Collection

Following a two-year hiatus, the American magazine that’s dedicated to music, politics, and popular culture, Rolling Stone, announced the return of Rolling Stone Live. According to the publication, the Rolling…

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