This Week in Coins: Bitcoin Continues Surge, Meme Coin Mania on Legendary Investors Death
Foi mais uma semana agitada na criptoesfera. Bitcoin continued to hit highs not seen since the digital asset crash of May 2022: the biggest virtual coin touched $39,000 Friday before dropping down again. Agora está sendo negociado por US$ 38,806 por moeda, de acordo com a CoinGecko. Isso representa um aumento de cerca de 24% em 1 horas. Na semana, aumentou 3%. The reason for the assets surge was likely in part due to a dovish forecast from the Federal Reserve: governor Christopher J. Waller said Tuesday that although inflation was still high in the U.S., he was “increasingly confident that policy is currently well positioned to slow the economy and get inflation back to 2 percent.” Desde que o Fed começou a aumentar agressivamente as taxas de juros no ano passado, os investidores normalmente evitam ativos de “risco”, como ações de tecnologia e criptomoedas. Os comentários de Waller, segundo James Butterfill, chefe de pesquisa da gestora europeia de ativos digitais CoinShares, “influenciaram favoravelmente” os preços do Bitcoin. Elsewhere, obscure meme coins experienced a surge of interest—and not necessarily for the right reasons. Former Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger died earlier in the week. The legendary investor famously bashed Bitcoin. After his passing, an Ethereum-based token,