The Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate to 1% on June 16, the highest level the country has seen since September 1995 and the furthest point yet in a normalization campaign that has slowly dismantled three decades of near-free money. Going into the decision, the track record pointed...
Source: [CryptoSlate](https://cryptoslate.com/bitcoin-shrugged-off-japans-rate-hike-the-bigger-liquidity-test-came-from-washington/)