How the Fed impacts stocks, bonds, crypto and other investments

In 2022, cryptocurrency prices struggled as interest rates looked to move higher. When rates began to top, crypto prices bottomed and then rose in 2023 and throughout 2024. The introduction of bitcoin ETFs initially helped boost the price of bitcoin, ethereum and other cryptocurrencies, but prices deteriorated throughout the end of 2025 while other assets, including precious metals took off to new highs.Major stock indexes such as the S&P 500 spent most of 2022 in a funk due to rising rates, but they fared ...