A representations of virtual currency Bitcoin is seen in front of a stock graph in this illustration taken May 19, 2021.
The central bank minutes from the July meeting cautioned that Fed officials see "upside risks" to inflation that could potentially lead to more rate hikes.
At that meeting, Fed raised its benchmark interest rate to the highest in more than 22 years .
The eventual debut of a spot bitcoin ETF, one of crypto's biggest positive catalysts, also lost some steam this week, he added.
Several of the top crypto assets by market cap – including Binance's BNB coin , Ripple's XRP and the Solana and Polygon coins – were lower by more than 3% Thursday.
Persons:
Fed, Bitcoin, Sylvia Jablonski, Needham's John Todaro, Ripple's XRP
Organizations:
Treasury, Metrics, Fed, CNBC, SEC, Solana
Locations:
U.S, Defiance, –