catalyst
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Tran views Bitcoin as being in a phase of maturation, with the macroeconomic outlook—including the Federal Reserve’s next move on interest rates—being the most important catalyst for major price trends in crypto.
From Barron's
Data centers are getting much of the blame lately for rising power costs, but they aren’t the only catalyst and don’t always cause increases.
Geopolitical risks could support oil prices in the near term, and investors will closely watch the trajectory of U.S.-Venezuela relations for the next catalyst, they say.
The pitch was the catalyst for the helter-skelter action.
From BBC
"What's happening right now is we have a very strong setup and then we just need a bullish catalyst and it'll take off and go," said Adam Sarhan of 50 Park Investments.
From Barron's
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