Fed Decision Looms Over Financial Markets, Is Bitcoin Safe?

There has been a lot of talk about investors looking to Bitcoin as a safe haven for their investment portfolio. Safe haven markets are very small and hard to get into. Bitcoin may not fit that bill as perfectly as some people think it does. Now that the Brexit doom scenario has happened, there is a lot of uncertainty across the markets. Gold is surging,....

Here's a look at what we are focusing on in the bitcoin price this morning. Right then. A fresh week is here in the bitcoin price, and we are hoping for a replication of last week’s volatility. This week, things should start to settle down from a fundamental perspective. There was a lot going on last week politically, and political uncertainty always filters through to the markets – that is, the financial asset markets. It’s really too early to tell whether or not this sort of impact will translate to sentiment shifts in crypto. Yes, we’re closing in on a decade of maturation, but even....

Polls suggest that the Fed is likely to raise rates by 75 basis points as Bitcoin price clings to $19,000. Bitcoin (BTC) underwent a weak rebound on Sep. 21, and the U.S. dollar jumped to a new yearly high as investors await today's Federal Open Market Committee's interest rate decision.BTC price hold $19K ahead of Fed decisionBTC's price has managed to cling on to $19,000 with a modest daily gain of 1.33% . Meanwhile, the U.S. dollar index (DXY), which measures the greenback's strength versus a pool of top foreign currencies, rose to 110.86, the highest level in twenty years.BTC/USD vs.....

China is seemingly buying up a lot of Bitcoin and alternative currencies like gold right now. The devaluation of their currency has been slashed over the course of the past month. The country’s Foreign Exchange Commission has ordered financial institutions to increase its checks and balance controls for capital outflow. Currency wars in the region have led to a massive monetary dump as China’s Black Monday looms and looks to a very rough financial week. This has sparked an interest in alternative currency vehicles and China’s buying volume in Bitcoin has increased. Chinese exchanges are....

The Fed's decision on interest rates is due Wednesday — and everyone in Bitcoin is talking about it. Bitcoin (BTC) upped the volatility into the weekly close on March 13 as markets braced for geopolitical and macro economic cues.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewLong-awaited Fed action set to come this weekData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it again came close to testing $38,000 support during Sunday.The pair had seen a quiet end to the week on Wall Street, the weekend proving similarly calm as the status quo both within and....