Bitcoin Price Prediction: Will Today’s Fed Decision Lift BTC Above $80K?
Bitcoin price is trading near the $76Kâ$77K zone after failing to sustain its latest push toward $80K.
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PBOC’s Pan says will rely less on loan growth targets and more on rate tools to guide policy
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Pan Gongsheng said on Wednesday that the Chinese central bank will rely less on loan growth targets and more on interest rate tools to guide policy.
Euro sticks to losses near one-month low as USD bulls retain control ahead of Fed decision
The EUR/USD pair sticks to a negative bias for the fifth straight day and trades around the 1.1535-1.1530 area during the Asian session on Wednesday. Spot prices remain close to a one-month trough, touched on Monday, as…
EUR/JPY Price Forecast: Holds ground above 179.00 within oversold territory
EUR/JPY gains ground for the third successive day, trading around 179.10 during Asian hours on Wednesday. Technical analysis of the daily chart shows the currency cross trading within a descending channel, keeping the o…
New Zealand Dollar drops as RBNZ’s Silk to exit in December
NZD/USD extends its losses for the third consecutive day, trading around 0.5750 during Asian hours on Wednesday. The currency pair faces downward pressure primarily due to a weakening New Zealand Dollar (NZD) following …
Inside the last-minute political breakdown that doomed the Clarity Act vote
Senator Cynthia Lummis' disappointment was already palpable the day before the U.S. Senate shot down the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. She stood on a stage at a crypto event in Washington and talked about how she'd …
United States Dollar Index gains ground ahead of Fed interest rate decision
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the value of the US Dollar (USD) against six major currencies, is continuing its winning streak for the sixth consecutive day and trading around 99.70 during Asian hours on Wedn…
Australian Dollar weakens below 0.7150 as markets brace for Fed rate decision
The AUD/USD pair declines to around 0.7120 during Asian trading hours on Wednesday. Expectations of a US interest rate hike provide some support to the US Dollar (USD) and act as a headwind for the pair. Traders brace f…
Mexican Peso retreats as USD/MXN bounces from near YTD low
The Mexican Peso (MXN) loses some ground against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday, with USD/MXN rising by over 0.09% amid a sour market mood and a stronger Greenback, ahead of the FOMC monetary policy decision on Wednesda…
OpenAI's Brockman Says Safety Concerns Have Already Slowed Its Most Advanced AI Work
OpenAI has already slowed down some of its most advanced AI development because of safety and security concerns, company President Greg Brockman said in a Bloomberg podcast interview published Monday.
Gold dips as dollar, yields, and oil rise a day ahead of Fed’s expected rate hike
August 18, 2026, 2:15 AM EDT. Nicotine pouches are becoming a bigger earnings driver for Philip Morris and British American Tobacco as cigarette volumes decline. BAT expects industry pouch revenue to rise from £4 billio…
Wall Street Bets on Fed Rate Hike: Here's What It Means for Bitcoin, Bonds and Trump
Wall Street is bracing for the Federal Reserve to do something it hasn't done since 2023: raise interest rates.
Crypto stocks slide after CLARITY Act fails to advance in Senate
Circle and Coinbase shares fell about 10% as the failed Senate vote weighed on crypto-linked equities, with Bitcoin miners and treasury companies also declining.
USD/JPY Faces a Hard Ceiling as Intervention Risk Returns Near 160
USD/JPY climbed to 155.09 on Tuesday afternoon, up 74 pips or 0.48% on the session, extending a rebound from the seven-month yen high of 153.40 printed last Thursday. The pair traded at 155.17 early in the U.S. morning,…
Clarity Act Stalls in Senate as Crypto Bill Fails to Clear Key Vote
The crypto market structure bill failed to receive enough votes to advance in the Senate.
Crypto industry reacts after Clarity Act fails Senate vote
The Senate’s failure to advance the Clarity Act on Tuesday was a major setback for the crypto industry’s push to lock market structure rules into law, but the reaction from industry leaders was notably measured.
Crypto Market Today Falls As Senate Fails To Advance CLARITY Act
Crypto markets went into freefall Monday night after the Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act, with the bill’s collapse triggering the sharpest selloff crypto has seen in weeks. The total crypto market cap fell to $…
COPY ETF Passes in $400M AUM as Value Strategies Surge
Whenever an ETF passes a key threshold for assets under management, it’s worth taking a look at how the fund got to this point. This is certainly the case for the Tweedy Browne Insider + Value ETF (COPY). Key Takeaways:…
Japanese Yen slips as Oil lifts yields ahead of the Fed
USD/JPY trades near 155.20 on Tuesday, rising for a second straight day and pulling away from the roughly seven-month low it set last week. A firmer US Dollar (USD) is doing the work, helped by a sharp jump in Oil that …
Stablecoin growth could boost dollar dominance, US Treasury demand: BoE official
A Bank of England policy maker said digital dollars could expand access to the US currency while turning stablecoin issuers into bigger buyers of government debt.
Chinese Yuan: Slow appreciation with weak demand – Commerzbank
Commerzbank’s Volkmar Baur notes that Chinese growth remains export-led as domestic demand stays soft, with investment and retail sales under pressure and car sales slumping. While a rising trade surplus supports the cu…
Treasury Yield Surges as Jobs Data, Oil Tensions Collide
The rebound came just hours after major US stock indexes closed sharply lower. Investors quickly shifted sentiment after reports suggested that Iran quietly approached the United States through intelligence channels to …
Forex Today: US Dollar firms as markets brace for Fed rate decision
The US Dollar Index (DXY) gained to 99.60 mark on Tuesday, and the bond market drove the move. The 10-year United States (US) Treasury yield touched 5.04% for the first time since 2007, pulled higher by a near 4% jump i…
'It's Now or Never' for Clarity Act, Says 'Bitcoin Senator' Lummis
The Wyoming Republican says the final text hands Democrats more than 120 of their own demands, including sweeping new ethics rules, as the Senate holds a make-or-break cloture vote Tuesday afternoon.