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Bessent tells Fed to ‘wait and see’ on cuts as war-driven inflation clouds Bitcoin
The Fed's path to rate cuts just got harder, and for Bitcoin bulls banking on cheaper money, that changes everything.
Andjela Radmilac 4 min read
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