The Federal Reserve of the United States recently announced a 25 basis point increase in the interest rates. This follows a series of hikes reported throughout the year, which ranged from 50 to 75 base points. Many are already anticipating a decrease in the interest rate, as Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve Chair, had previously announced a reduction of rate hikes for January. Major indexes are now trading in green at the time of writing.
Markets go up
The Fed announced that Bitcoin (BTC) climbed to $23,166 from £23,050. Ethereum (ETH), the altcoin supremo, saw its price rise from $1,560, to $1,590.

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The prices of flagship cryptocurrencies like XRP, Solana and Dogecoin saw a significant increase in price within minutes of the announcement. The top 100 coins in market capitalization fell by more than 3% in the last hour, with Quant, Terra (LUNA), and Frax Shares (FRX) being the most affected.
Wall Street was already in a bad place. The U.S. indexes plunged before the Federal Reserve’s decision to increase interest rates. S&P500 fell by 0.25%, Nasdaq dropped by 0.15%, and Dow dropped by more than 0.50%. Gold, on the contrary, was 0.5% lower, and is often regarded as a safe-haven.
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Rate hikes so far

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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25 percent in March 2022. This was the first rate increase since 2018. The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25% in March 2022. This was the first increase in rates since 2018. In May, the Federal Reserve announced the first increase in interest rates of 0.5% in the past 20 years. This was in continuation of its policy of economic tightening. The rate of each subsequent four rate increases, in June, July, September, and September, was 0.75%. The last one, however, was 0.50%.
The Fed was quoted as saying the following:
The Committee believes that it is possible to continue increasing the target range in order to achieve a stance in monetary policy that is sufficiently restrictive in order to return inflation to 2 per cent over time.

Investors are still concerned about the central bank’s strategy to curb price inflation.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s price has reached $23,100. According to CoinGape’s crypto market tracker, this represents a 0.6% increase in Bitcoin (BTC) over the past hour, compared to a jump in 1.80% over seven days.
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