The Bitcoin network mining difficulty increased from 286765766820.55041504 to 310153855703.43334961 for an approximately 8.1558 percent climb. In addition to itterating the first significant figure by one this increase is another all time high.

Meanwhile Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen announced that zhe and zher fellow Federal Reserve governors would be increasing the target range for the Federal Funds rate from 0.25-0.5 percent to 0.5-0.75 percent. This roughly doubles the cost of borrowing for the United States just in time for The Great Again.