Ether notches first new record since 2021 after Powell speech teasing rate cuts

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Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images The price of ether smashed through its 2021 record on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted at upcoming rate cuts and investors returned to risk-on mode. The second-largest cryptocurrency surged 15% late Friday, rising as high as $4,885.00 and surpassing its November 2021 record of $4,866.01. […]


Bitcoin drops, ether slammed after Trump’s tariffs cause global risk-off move

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Bitcoin. Cheney Orr | Dado Ruvic | Reuters Cryptocurrencies tumbled in a risk-off move after President Donald Trump hit Canada, Mexico and China with long-threatened import tariffs. The price of bitcoin fell 2% Monday to $95,722.77, down from a price above $102,000 before the weekend, according to Coin Metrics. The […]