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The US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by 25 bps, a move that was widely expected to be made amid sweeping changes in the US economy. The Fed previously left interest rates unchanged in July 2025, and this is the first reduction in rates since December 2024. Interest rates now sit at 4%-4.25%, the lowest since December 2022. BREAKING: Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by 25bps. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) September 17, 2025 First Interest Rate Cut Since December, A Needed Move? In a press release, the Fed acknowledged that economic growth in the first half of the year “moderated” and the job market has “slowed.” “Job gains have slowed, and the unemployment rate has edged up but remains low. Inflation has moved up and remains somewhat elevated,” the Fed said. “In considering additional adjustments to the target range for the federal funds rate, the Committee will carefully assess incoming data, the evolving outlook, and the bala...

For most of the past 12 months, it’s been better to own bitcoin (BTC) than Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) stock. Indeed, over the past 250 trading days through yesterday’s close, MSTR has underperformed BTC 90% of the time . Although founder Michael Saylor promotes his common stock as a leveraged play on BTC — and BTC has doubled over the past 12 months — timing is always what makes or breaks an investment. Sure, MSTR has rallied 152% over the past year, which is certainly better than the 98% rally in BTC. However, unless investors held for those entire 12 months or longer, they would have had to have timed their entrances perfectly to outperform BTC. Specifically, MSTR has underperformed BTC for 228 trading days in the past 12 months. MSTR has only outperformed BTC on 22 trading days. Of those 22 rare days, 21 are clustered in September and October 2024. Like it or not, Jim Chanos’ MSTR short trade was a winner Read more: Michael Sa...

Gold and its digital equivalent, Bitcoin (BTC), have been dancing around each other for a while now, and both assets are starting to see some promising developments. The precious metal surged to a new all-time high this week, trading above $3,500 per ounce, while the world’s largest cryptocurrency went past the $113,000 mark again on Friday, September 5. Investors largely attributed the gold rally to the growing possibility of U.S. interest rate cuts this month, with Suki Cooper, analyst at Standard Chartered, stating that new record highs are to be expected. Meanwhile, Bitcoin started seeing renewed institutional interest, with BlackRock buying another $289.84 million worth of the crypto on September 3, the same day Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted $135.3 million in net outflows. Gold and silver price. Source: Goldprice.org Is gold outpacing Bitcoin? So far in 2025, gold has outpaced Bitcoin with a nearly 37% year-to-date gain, compared w...

Bloomberg Senior Commodity strategist Mike McGlone has cautioned that meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin (DOGE) could play a surprising role in destabilizing financial markets. According to McGlone, this potential destabilization could echo past downturns such as the Great Depression in 1929 and the Dot-com bubble of 1999, he said in an X post on March 17. His Analysis was based on Dogecoin’s market cap trajectory alongside Bitcoin (BTC) and gold, hinting at vulnerabilities in these assets. The expert drew a parallel between Dogecoin’s past rise and the speculative bubbles that preceded major market downturns. Picks for you Legal expert warns Ripple v. SEC delay could crush XRP 21 mins ago XRP whales load up on 150 million tokens — should you b...

Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as Canada’s Prime Minister, nearly three years after what is known as the “Freedom Convoy.” At that time, the Canadian national police ordered the freeze of millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin (BTC). On February 14, 2022, Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergency Act, facing the “Freedom Convoy” protests related to the COVID-19 pandemic. On February 16, 2022 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ordering all FINTRAC-regulated organizations in Canada to stop interacting with 34 Bitcoin wallets the world used to donate BTC to the protesting truckers. As Finbold reported later that year, these wallets received approximately 20 BTC, then worth between $877,760 and $891,480. This is an estimated valuation considering Bitcoin’s opening and closing price on February 16, ranging from $43,888 to $44,574 per BTC. Picks for you ...