Three Fed officials just voted for a rate hike as Bitcoin hangs by a thread on a $62,000 shelf

The Federal Reserve held its benchmark rate at 3.50% to 3.75% on July 29 in a 9-3 vote that showed real division inside the committee: Beth Hammack, Neel Kashkari and Lorie Logan all preferred a quarter-point increase. That was the first time since September 2016 that three policymakers dissented in the same direction. Bitcoin briefly [ ]