Bitcoin Falters After Federal Reserve Announces Largest Rate Hike In 22 Years

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Bitcoin Falters After Federal Reserve Announces Largest Rate Hike In 22 Years

The Bitcoin price managed to crawl higher on Wednesday, May 4 after a miserable open to the week on Monday. The cryptocurrency bounced back alongside equities following the United States Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates by 0.5% for the first time since 2000.

Fed miwiti perang paling gedhe nglawan inflasi runaway

Anggota Komite Pasar Federal (FOMC) milih kanggo ngunggahake target tarif dana federal kanthi basis 50, nggawa pathokan menyang kisaran 0.75% lan 1%. Utamane, iki minangka penyesuaian munggah pertama wiwit 2018.

Ketua Fed Jerome H. Powell menehi tandha babagan kenaikan 50 basis poin ing pungkasan April sajrone panel sing dianakake dening Dana Moneter Internasional (IMF). Mula, keputusan dina Rebo wis diarepake akeh.

Kabijakan moneter sing agresif Fed ditujokake kanggo ngatasi inflasi sing akeh banget, sing mundhak nganti 8.5% ing wulan Maret - tingkat paling dhuwur sajrone patang dekade. "Inflasi dhuwur banget lan kita ngerti kesusahan sing ditimbulake. Kita obah kanthi cepet kanggo nggawa maneh, "ujare Powell ing konferensi pers sawise woro-woro kasebut.

Federal Reserve nyuda tingkat bunga dadi nol maneh ing Maret 2020 kanggo nyengkuyung ekonomi nalika pandemi COVID-19 nyerang. Senadyan kritik abot saka para ekonom, Fed njaga tarif kasebut nganti awal taun iki. Iki minangka tandha pisanan Fed ngunggahake suku bunga kanthi setengah persen titik ing rapat siji wiwit Mei 2000.

Bank pusat Amerika Serikat wis njupuk sikap sing luwih hawkish amarga kahanan sing durung mesthi ekonomi sing digawe dening serangan militer Rusia ing Ukraina lan kunci anyar ing China. Nanging, Powell wis ngilangi kemungkinan kenaikan 75 basis poin sing luwih agresif ing mangsa ngarep.

Ing pratelan kasebut, Fed uga nyatakake yen bakal miwiti ngurangi obligasi Perbendaharaan ing neraca kanthi $ 35 milyar ing saben telung sasi sing bakal teka lan banjur nganti $ 60 milyar saben wulan wiwit September. Uga bakal miwiti ngedol sekuritase sing didhukung hipotek tanggal 1 Juni. Gerakan iki umume dikenal minangka pengetatan kuantitatif, sing kanthi prasaja, tegese Fed ngupaya nyedhot dhuwit saka ekonomi.

The cryptocurrency market mounted in the final lead-up to the release of the FOMC meeting and remained steady after the Fed announced the rate hike. The two top cryptocurrencies, bitcoin, and ethereum gained 6.1% and 6.9% respectively on the day.

Antarane 20 aset digital paling dhuwur, Cardano (ADA), Avalanche (AVAX), lan Tron (TRX) uga entuk keuntungan moderat sawise rapat FOMC.

Ing kabeh, total kapitalisasi pasar crypto mudhun 5.9% sajrone 24 jam pungkasan, lenggah ing $ 1.2 triliun. 

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