August 13, 2025
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Ether, Cardano, XRP Among Cryptos Taking New Leg Higher As Scott Bessent Floats 50 Basis Point Rate Cut

Bitcoin Also Crossed Back Above $ 120,000, But Is Underforming Much of the Rest of the Cryptocurrency Sector.”, – WRITE: www.coindesk.com

Ether, Cardano, XRP Among Cryptos Taking New Leg Higher As Scott Bessent Floats 50 Basis Point Rate Cut Bitcoin Also Crossed Back Above $ 120,000, But Is Underforming Much of the Rest of the Cryptocurrency Sector. AUG 12, 2025, 9:12 PM

Altcoins Added to Their Rally Durying Late Tuesday US Afternoon Hours after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Suggested the Federal Reserve Shoulder A 50 Basis Point.

“The Real Thing Now Think About Is Should We Get A 50 Basis-Point Rate Cut Cut in September,” Bessent Told Fox News. Bessent Aded that Fed Could Have Cuts in June If It Had Been Given Accurate Data, WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS A “FUNDATIONAL ISUE” at the Central Bank.

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Markets Had Already About Fully Priced in A 25 Basis Point Move in September, But The Idea of 50 Basis Points Appeared to Juice Things Further.

To be Sure, Bessent Is Treasury Secretary and Not A Member of the Federal Reserve, Let Alone Its Chairman. Bessent, However, Has Been Tasked by President Trump with Selecting A Replacement for Fed Chair Powell, SO HIS WORDS Surely Carry Some Weight.

ALREADY HIGher On the Day, Ether Jumped Further, now Highher by Nearly 9% Over The Past 24 Hours and Above $ 4.600 for The FIRST TIME SINCE NOVEMBER 2021.

Other Moves Include Cardano

Solana

and Litecoin

Each Ahead About 8% Over The Past 24 Hours, While Xrp

is up 3.5%.

Bitcoin

Bulls Stayed On the Sidelines Durying Today’s Rally, WHICH ALSO LIFTED EQUITY Markets by More than 1%. The Cryptocurrency is Trading At $ 120,000, Little Changed Over The Past 24 Hours. The Dollar Weaned Against All Major Currencies.

The Rally Got Started Early On Tuesday Morning After New Data Showed Consumer Prices Rising Roughly in Line with Estimates in July.

Helene Braun

Helene is a New York-Basted Markets Reporter at Coindesk, Covering The Latest News From Wall Street, The Rise of the Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds and Updates on CRYPTO Markets. She is a graduate of new York University’s Business and Economic Reporting Program and Has Appeared on CBS News, Yahoofinance and Nasdaq Tradethalks. She Holds BTC and ETH.

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