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Crypto Economy Slides Under $1 Trillion, as Bitcoin and Ethereum Dive Below Previous Support Zones

On Saturday, August 27, 2022, the global market capitalization of all the crypto assets in existence dropped under the $1 trillion mark and the leading crypto asset bitcoin slipped below…

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Fed Hikes Benchmark Bank Rate by 75 bps, Elizabeth Warren Says Central Bank Could ‘Trigger a Devastating Recession’

On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate by 75 basis points (bps) in order to tame inflation and stabilize the American economy. The recent rate hike…

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Economists Say Fed Could Shrink Balance Sheet in 2023, Critics Insist Central Bank Hasn’t Reduced QE at All

With inflation soaring in the U.S., economists from monetary policy analytics and forecasting firm LH Meyer say the U.S. Federal Reserve could stop shrinking its balance sheet earlier than expected.…

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Trend Forecaster Gerald Celente Says World War 3 Has Begun — ‘If the People Don’t Unite for Peace, We Are Finished’

This week Bitcoin.com News spoke with Gerald Celente, the popular trends forecaster, and publisher of the Trends Journal. During a telephone conversation, Celente discussed the uncertainty surrounding the global economy…

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Fed Chair Powell: We’re Not Seeing Significant Macroeconomic Implications From Crypto Sell-Off

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the central bank is “not really seeing significant macroeconomic implications” from crypto’s volatility. The Fed chair stressed that there is a need for a…

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