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Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Cuts 2023 Hashrate Outlook by Nearly 30%

The miner cited delays in building out a mining facility by one of its partners, Lancium.

CleanSpark's immersion cooling facility in Norcross, Georgia (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Markets Analysis: Focus on Bitcoin's Price Charts, Not Hawkishness From Fed's Powell

The Fed's warning of further rate increases brought down the BTC price on Wednesday, shortly after the cryptocurrency passed $18K for the first time since early November. But even the glimpse of optimism offered hints of a shift.

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Markets

Bitcoin Falls as Federal Reserve Slows Rate Hikes but Stays Hawkish

The U.S. central bank raised its benchmark interest rate to a range of 4.25%-4.5% on Wednesday. Officials now expect the current rate-hiking cycle to peak next year at a "terminal rate" above 5%.

The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Flirts With $18K Ahead of FOMC Meeting

Bitcoin (BTC) is trading just below $18,000 as traders look to another interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve. 3IQ Head of Research Mark Connors discusses the recent price actions, and reacts to Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao's warning to his staff of turbulent times ahead.

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First Mover Americas: Binance Hits Turbulence as Withdrawals Mount

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Dec. 14, 2022.

Binance is hitting a rough period as withdrawals from its trading platform surge. (Sotheby's/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

As Bitcoin, Stock Investors Cheer US Inflation Slowdown, One Macro Expert Calls for Caution

Slower inflation often portends a decline in corporate profitability, and that is yet to be priced in by risk assets, analysis by Steno Research's Andreas Steno Larsen shows.

(Hiroshi Kimura/Unsplash)

Markets

Ether, Bitcoin Post Gains as Crypto Market Cheers Sam Bankman-Fried's Arrest, Inflation Data

With the former FTX CEO's arrest, the crypto market has now shifted its focus to improving macroeconomic conditions, analysts said.

Cheering. (wdstock/ iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Markets

Bitcoin Could Drop to $10K-$12K by Q1 2023, VanEck Says

A wave of miner bankruptcies could keep bitcoin under pressure in the first quarter of 2023, VanEck's Matthew Sigel said. But he forecast a bull revival in the second half of the year.

Morgan Stanley rebajó la calificación de las acciones del banco de criptomonedas Silvergate Capital para infraponderar desde igual valoración. (Unsplash)

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First Mover Asia: Busan as Blockchain Hub? The Korean City Is Traveling the Wrong Path; No Bail for Bankman-Fried

Busan wants to integrate blockchain technology into all facets of government service and create the first city-run crypto exchange; bitcoin embraces encouraging CPI to rise over $17.7K.

Busan is South Korea's second-largest city after Seoul. (Getty Images)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Sam Bankman-Fried Hearing Tops Another Troubling Day

But prices rose on U.S. inflation data that was more favorable than expected.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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