There’s an old trader’s saying that “in a crisis, correlations go to 1.0”

The IRS has opted to increase the estate-tax exclusion by $860,000 and raise income brackets by 7% in 2023

Investors seem confident that the central bank will continue its rate hikes this week with a 75 basis point increase announced Wednesday, followed by 50 basis points in December

Bitcoin, like gold, has been trading sideways for months, a period of unusually low volatility, but now looks poised to trend upward

Laguna Labs is launching the first cost-of-living-based ‘flatcoin’ as inflation remains stubbornly high

Central bankers could be forced into a pivot if economic conditions don’t improve

Powell was guarded when asked about what might come in November — markets are still betting on a 75 bps increase at the next FOMC meeting

Market participants expect future rate hikes to be more aggressive in response

Following Powell’s speech, markets predict chance of a 75 basis point September rate hike is slightly lower compared to earlier in the week

Futures markets are now pricing in a 53% chance of a 50 basis point hike and a 48% chance of a 75 basis point hike in September

July’s CPI report came in 0.2% lower than expected, showing an 8.5% increase in prices across the board year over year

Overall economic activity appears to have slowed a bit, Fed officials wrote in their statement released Wednesday, but employment remains high

Bitcoin and especially ether are up, but impending regulation could slow crypto’s latest run in aftermath of CPI data, analysts say

Bitcoin and ether both slid immediately following the release of the report, losing 2.5% and 3.4%, respectively, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq opened 1.6% lower

The economy added 372,000 jobs in June, but the unemployment rate was 3.6% — unchanged from May

Central bankers lowered their growth forecasts for the second half of 2022 and 2023, despite a rebound in GDP during the second quarter of 2022

The risk-off sentiment in markets is here to stay, analysts say

Blockworks caught up with SkyBridge Capital’s Anthony Scaramucci and Arca’s CIO Jeff Dorman for their take on why crypto is down heavily

42 Macro’s founder, Darius Dale, uses his GRID framework to discuss warning and risk signals brewing in markets

Blockdaemon CEO has never been more optimistic on the future of crypto than right now

Andreas and Alfonso announce their new show and explain how to navigate the current market

Eric Basmajian shares how he forecast the economic slowdown and potential solutions to the growth problem

Russell Clark explains his macro framework for viewing the world, what the war in Ukraine means for food, and more

The unfolding situation in Eastern Europe has ratcheted up market uncertainty, leading investors to sell or stick to the sidelines

The prospect of an executive order from the US president relating to cryptocurrencies added to market uncertainty