BTC Rebound Ahead? Warsh Fed Decision Risks Dollar Weakness
Warsh cannot match the hawkish pricing already in markets. A softer message risks dollar weakness and inflation-driven yields, which historically revives Bitcoin's sovereign-hedge trade.
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Warsh cannot match the hawkish pricing already in markets. A softer message risks dollar weakness and inflation-driven yields, which historically revives Bitcoin's sovereign-hedge trade.
Breadth did the heavy lifting: Zcash jumped 16.5%, ADA added 13%, and Strategy and Circle each gained 15%, with traders split nearly evenly on a Fed rate hike.
The high-beta majors shed over 3% while Bitcoin barely moved, the spread is the story. Oil above $95 and a 66% Fed hike probability turned a geopolitics headline into a crypto liquidation.
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The macro calendar carries the week: PCE, jobless claims and two housing prints arrive Thursday morning, with prediction markets already pricing in a hold at June's FOMC and Kevin Warsh's first full…
The 9-day ETF inflow run broke before the Fed's rate decision and a heavy data week, leaving Bitcoin down roughly 1% and Ethereum 1.4% as the Fear & Greed Index slipped to 33.