The minutes, released on Wednesday, said that the members believe "ongoing" rate hikes will be necessary
Bitcoin licked its wounds on Wednesday, a day after its heaviest losses in 2-1/2 months as El Salvador's historic adoption of the crypto asset as legal tender caused chaos online and on the street
Cryptocurrencies tumbled on Monday as China's crackdown on bitcoin mining expanded to the province of Sichuan
The world's most popular digital currency slid to as low as $36,618.36 on Bitstamp exchange, after reaching an all-time high of $40,402.46 in the previous session
One wealth manager said technical chart analysis was predicting deeper falls
Bitcoin is up more than 500 percent so far this year
Despite losing almost 7 percent this week, bitcoin is still up more than 600 percent so far this year