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After the recent Federal Open Market Committee meeting, the US Federal Reserve, yesterday, announced its plan to keep its federal funds rate unchanged at 4.25%-4.5%. Every FOMC meeting influences Bitcoin prices, sometimes causing major swings. In the last 24 hours, the price of BTC has seen a rise of 3.1%. This report looks at past rate hikes, how Bitcoin reacted and what traders can expect going forward. Ready? Dive in!
How the Fed’s Rate Hike Shook Bitcoin: An Overview
In April 2022, the Fed funds interest rate was as low as 0.5%. It was in May 2022 that the US Fed decided to revisit its interest rate policy. The primary reason was that the inflation rate had reached as high as 8.6% in May 2022. In June, the inflation rate touched a peak of 9.1% – the highest in a decade.
Between May 2022 and July 2023, the US Fed consistently pushed the interes
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