{"id":301872,"date":"2024-08-24T12:21:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T12:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/?post_type=news&p=301872"},"modified":"2024-08-24T12:21:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T12:21:35","slug":"crypto-news-this-week-rate-cut-coming-trumps-crypto-project","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/news\/crypto-news-this-week-rate-cut-coming-trumps-crypto-project","title":{"rendered":"Crypto News This Week: Rate Cut Coming, Trump’s Crypto Project"},"content":{"rendered":"
This week\u2019s crypto news roundup highlights the newest developments and trends in the cryptocurrency market.<\/strong><\/p>\n Federal Reserve<\/a> Chair Jerome Powell has indicated that the time has come for an easing in monetary policy<\/a>. Powell’s remarks came after the Federal Reserve’s series of aggressive interest rate hikes aimed at controlling inflation<\/a>, which peaked at 40-year highs in 2022.<\/p>\n He acknowledged that while these measures have shown some success in tempering price increases, the Fed now faces the complex task of fine-tuning its policies to avoid pushing the economy into a recession<\/a>. The speech immediately affected financial markets, with cryptocurrencies surging as well.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump<\/a> has teased a new crypto project called “The Defiant Ones” on his Truth Social platform. The project appears to be a family-run decentralized finance (DeFi)<\/a> initiative.<\/p>\n “The time has come” for the US Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, Powell said in his keynote address at the Kansas City Fed Jackson Hole Symposium. “My confidence has grown that inflation is on a sustainable path<\/a> back to 2 percent,” he said.<\/p>\n In the minutes following the release of his speech, Bitcoin added more than 1% to $61,900. The leading cryptocurrency is trading at around $64,200, up more than 5% over the past day.<\/p>\n #BREAKING<\/a>: The \u201ctime has come\u201d for interest rate cuts, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicated at the Fed\u2019s annual symposium in an eagerly awaited address. Here's what it means for your wallet. — Forbes (@Forbes) August 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nCrypto Markets Surge as Fed Indicates Easing Monetary Policy<\/span><\/h2>\n
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