Jerome Powell's final FOMC press conference ended with four dissenting votes on a single decision — the most since October 1992 — and Bitcoin felt it immediately, dropping 2% to $75,000 in the aftermath. Kraken chief economist Thomas Perfumo flagged the fracture directly: 'The absence of a clean handoff to Warsh suggests the potential for discord over policy at the Fed.'
The macro shock reversed some of April's gains fast. Traders pulled $138 million from spot Bitcoin ETFs following the meeting, unwinding a slice of the roughly $2 billion that flowed in across the month. Polymarket now prices only a 10% chance of BTC reaching $100K by year-end, with 90% odds of rates holding steady through December.
Technically, BTC is coiling between $75.5K and $78.2K with RSI neutral and fear elevated. The key floor is $73.9K — lose that and structure turns clearly bearish. A volume-backed break…
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