Authorities in Egypt recently allowed the local currency’s exchange rate versus the U.S. dollar to decrease by more than 60%. Additionally, the central bank raised interest rates by 600 basis points. Both steps were key conditions set by the IMF which Egypt had to meet before the approval of a new financial aid package. IMF […]
Bitcoin’s value has been on an impressive rise over the past month, and by the start of the week, the leading digital currency surpassed the $ 57,000 range for the first time since Nov. 2021. This upward trend in value has stimulated bitcoin-based derivatives, causing open interest in bitcoin futures to hit an unprecedented …
Sources report that Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the erstwhile crypto magnate and former head of FTX, intends to utilize his newly appointed legal team, despite these attorneys also serving Alex Mashinsky, the former chief of Celsius. On Wednesday, in a courtroom declaration, SBF confirmed his complete understanding that his legal representatives were also advocating for Mashinsky. […]
As bitcoin’s value surged to $ 52,545 this week, the fascination with it appears subdued, with Google Trends indicating a low level of interest. Currently, global metrics from the last 90 days reveal the search term “bitcoin” holds a score of 36 out of 100, significantly less than when bitcoin first exceeded the $ …
Economist Peter Schiff says Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell taking the March rate cut off the table “may have actually raised the probability that the Fed will indeed serve up the first rate cut in March.” Moreover, Schiff explained that the Fed’s job is actually to create inflation and then pretend to fight it. “The […]