{"id":19152,"date":"2022-02-14T09:37:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T14:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technewsday.com\/?p=19152"},"modified":"2022-02-15T10:16:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T15:16:46","slug":"crypto-investors-face-uncertainty-with-imminent-fed-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/crypto-investors-face-uncertainty-with-imminent-fed-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Investors Face Uncertainty With Imminent Fed Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Crypto investors are bracing for more uncertainty as potential Federal Reserve could further affect the value of cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dealt enough blow as a result of crypto&#8217;s high volatility, a more aggressive decision will lead to interest-rate hikes that are likely to be up to seven times higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, many investors believe that an aggressive central bank decision will affect risky assets, making it difficult for some traders to maintain their bullish outlook on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investors believe escalating tensions in Ukraine could trigger broad market movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Ed Moya, senior analyst at Oanda, bitcoin has &#8220;really become the ultimate momentum trade and there are so many risks that can trigger a 40% drop out of nowhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the uncertainties and tighter monetary policy, some investors will bet on the volatility of bitcoin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For them, the long-term value promise of blockchain technology, the built-in supply limit and the resulting network effect will endure despite constant price fluctuations.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>For more information, read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/finance\/wall-st-week-ahead-crypto-investors-face-more-uncertainty-after-rocky-start-2022-2022-02-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original story<\/a> in Reuters.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crypto investors brace for uncertainty as the Federal Reserve could further affect the value of cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-todays-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19152"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19164,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19152\/revisions\/19164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}