Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is slated to hold forth on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at some dreary banking conference. His words, ever the oracle, are expected to illuminate the Fed’s inscrutable views on interest rates, especially after inflation decided to play the villain once more. Rates have been stubbornly fixed at 4.25%–4.50% since March, as if defying the chaos. June saw inflation leaping from 2.4% to 2.7%, the cheekiest rise since February. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump bellows for drastic rate cuts, but Powell clings to his data like a miser to gold—because, why not add fuel to the fire? His utterances could send crypto sentiments soaring or plummeting, depending on his mood. 😂