The Federal Reserve (Fed) is expected to increase interest rates by a quarter point (25 bps) today while indicating its ongoing commitment to combating inflation despite decreasing the size of rate hikes. The Federal Reserve’s eighth rate hike since March is scheduled for Wednesday and would bring the target for…

Smart contracts have been a hot topic as of late. With cryptocurrencies popularity increasing at an exponential rate, it’s no surprise that everyone is talking about them. Typically, when people think of smart contracts, most automatically think of traditional tokens on the Ethereum or Solana networks, but what if there…

Inflation is a common phenomenon in economies, characterized by a general increase in the price of goods and services over time. It results from an increase in the supply of money relative to the demand for goods and services, leading to a decrease in the purchasing power of money. Recently…

The main objective of monetary policy in any economy is to maintain stability. Central banks, such as the Federal Reserve (Fed,) Bank of England (BoE,) and the Bank of Japan (BoJ) were established for this purpose. However, some argue that certain policies, such as quantitative easing (QE,) may ultimately undermine…

The Most Important Catalyst Nobody is Talking About — The stock market is hitting record highs and unemployment is at record lows, but money markets have been throwing shade at traditional markets signaling economic uncertainty. If you follow mainstream finance, I’m sure you’ve been hearing about the repo markets which have been forcing the Federal Reserve (Fed) to intervene…

A Broad Outlook on the Future of Finance and Cryptocurrency — The Big Bang History was made in the summer of 2011 when Bitcoins price ballooned into what at the time was a staggering $32. What goes up must come down, and inevitably Bitcoins price took a nose dive back down to the $2.00 range. That ended up being a -94% bloodbath, but for…

The Dollars Demise Leading to Bitcoins Rise — It’s Official, More Quantitative Easing On The Horizon The Federal Reserve (Fed) plans to increase its short-term treasury purchases to avoid the recurrence of unexpected monetary pressure, the Fed announced on Tuesday.

By Augustus Lee on ALTCOIN MAGAZINE — Economists claim 92% of the world’s currency is currently digital, meaning the majority of transactions are already carried out through a virtual medium of exchange. People trade goods and services every day using digital money, yet the very idea is still somewhat taboo. Throughout the last decade, we have seen…

This is why Bitcoin will Benefit — Greenback At 6-Year Low: Government liabilities, local currencies, and international investments all garner support from global reserve currencies, which are held by central banks. The U.S. dollar (USD) has been the leading global reserve currency for some time, but things may start to change. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reported reserve ratios for…