Bitcoin value drops after U.S. Fed suggests an increase in interest rates. Crypto value also dropped due to the internet shutdown in the world’s second-largest bitcoin mining hub, Kazakhstan.
The U.S. Federal Reserve suggests raise in interest rates
While the U.S. Federal Reserve announcement to raise interest rates may have dropped bitcoin value, the crypto is global and decentralized. Therefore, the fall in Bitcoin prices cannot pinpoint one cause.
The bitcoin value dropped from $47,000 from the beginning of the week to less than $42,000. The drop has caused bitcoin to be at its lowest during a volatile period for financial markets.
Kazakhstan is the second-largest bitcoin mining hub affected by violent demonstrations. The hike in fuel prices leading to the protest and the internet shutdown caused an interruption in bitcoin mining.
The U.S. Federal Reserve meeting notes suggested that America’s central bank might sell its assets and raise the interest rate.
The U.S. Federal Reserve said it would adopt an aggressive policy action on Wednesday.
COO of Singapore crypto platform Stack Funds, Matthew Dibb, said, “We are seeing broad risk-off sentiment across all markets currently as inflationary concerns and rate hikers appear to be at the forefront of speculators’ minds.”
Why is the U.S. Federal Reserve raising interest rates?
The Bitcoin value dropped after U.S. Fed announced to raise interest rates. The meeting summary stated, “Almost all participants agreed that it would likely be appropriate to initiate balance sheet runoff at some point after the first increase in the target range for the federal funds rate.”
The U.S. Fed is now raising the interest rates as the ultra-easy policies adopted during the early COVID-19 days were no longer necessary. Nevertheless, the committee members were vocal about the severe inflation.
Officials attending the meeting in December stated that severe inflation is more catastrophic than the pandemic itself.
The minutes said, “Some participants judged that a less accommodative future stance of policy would likely be warranted and the Committee should convey a strong commitment to address elevated inflation pressures.”
Inflation is higher and continuous than anticipated, as stated by Fed officials. Consumer prices have been rising at an accelerated rate since 1982 at 6.8% in November.
The rise in interest rate by the U.S. Federal Reserve is a response to the higher than before inflation.
How will the increase in interest rates by U.S. Feds affect 2022?
Along with bitcoin value dropping to a three-month low, digital currencies such as Ethereum and Solana fell 6.8% & 7.7%, respectively, on Friday.
The process to roll back the $8.3 trillion in Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities in its holding will begin somewhere in 2022.
COO and co-founder of Bitcoin IRA Chris Kline told Insider, “This is a healthy pullback as all markets look to readjust to new monetary policies and inflation concerns.” “Inflation is not going away anytime soon and investors are looking to protect themselves from higher prices and rapidly changing economic conditions, and see crypto as a potential hedge.”
In Conclusion,
Bitcoin value drops to its lowest after the U.S. feds announced to raise interest rates. Analyst at digital asset broker GlobalBlock said on Thursday, “The hash rate is not directly correlated to the price of bitcoin, but it gives an indication of the network’s security, so a fall can spook investors in the short term.”
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