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The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates for the first time since 2023 on Wednesday and it sent the bitcoin price — briefly — all over the place.

Financial advisor Ric Edelman states that the debate over investing inBitcoin(CRYPTO: BTC) mirrors the 1999 skepticism surrounding Amazon.com Inc.(NASDAQ:AMZN), predicting the digital asset will become a widely held portfolio asset.

Germany is seeing faster crypto adoption than the UK, with CoinShares researcher Luke Nolan pointing to stronger institutional involvement and younger investors treating digital assets as a more accessible place to deploy inherited wealth. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Nolan said German demand is being driven by a mix of family offices, wealth managers and individual advisors—while…

U.S. spot Ether and XRP ETFs recorded fresh outflows on Thursday even as Bitcoin climbed above $77,000 and major cryptocurrencies extended their recovery.

Bitcoin ETFs could eventually become much larger than gold ETFs, according to Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas.

Matthew Sigel, VanEck’s head of digital assets research, told CNBC on September 18 that Bitcoin could rise to $100,000 next year. He said concerns about US government debt and fiscal sustainability are supporting the cryptocurrency’s price.

On September 2, Equitable Holdings (NYSE:EQH) added the industry’s first bitcoin-linked investment option to a registered index-linked annuity, a striking move for products built around downside protection rather than crypto speculation. The new SCS Premier option tracks the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (NASDAQ:IBIT), giving retirement savers a way into bitcoin’s swings without going all in.…

A setback in the U.S. Senate for the Clarity Act, a digital-asset market structure bill, has put expectations for a Bitcoin rebound to the test. But some analysts say passage of the measure should not be viewed as the decisive condition for further gains. Bitcoin already has the infrastructure for institutional investment, and its price…

Grayscale says the Federal Reserve’s latest rate hike will not drive major changes in crypto markets. Nor would a second increase this year.

The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control has identified and sanctioned an Iranian bitcoin exchange linked to the “Hormuz Safe Marine Services Authority,” a front company that enables the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ fee-for-transit scheme for the Strait of Hormuz.