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Two Days After the Federal Reserve Increased the Rate of Interest Rate Rises, the Value of Cryptocurrencies Fell Further on Friday.

Digital currency Bitcoin BTCUSD +1.10 percent has lost 30% in the last seven days, falling more than 1% to $20,933. Ethereum’s price, ETHUSD –0.20%, was down 3%. SolanaSOLUSD +1.71 percent and Avalanche AVAXUSD -0.12 percent were both down approximately 1 percent.

Celsius Network, a crypto lender, unexpectedly froze withdrawals earlier this week, resulting in a loss of trust in the digital asset ecosystem. After failing to make margin calls on Thursday, Three Arrows Capital’s crypto hedge fund bets were liquidated. Additionally, Finbox limits withdrawals for users of its crypto-yield business Finbox.

Cryptocurrency values are plummeting, and the corporations that have built their businesses around these assets are feeling the strain. Cryptocurrencies have begun to collapse more sharply than other assets after months of trading in a similar manner to risky equities.

The Fed’s decision to raise borrowing prices has taken a heavy toll on the stock market this year. On Wednesday, it raised its benchmark interest rate to its highest level since 1994 to contain the fastest rate of inflation in more than four decades.

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