BTC stalls at $64K as yields and oil pressure equities
BTC's own positioning reads the opposite of the macro tape: longs flipped bullish, funding hit a 20-month high.
BTC stalls at $64K as yields and oil pressure equities
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CoinDesk
Crypto Week Ahead: FOMC Minutes and EU Ban Set the Tone
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Crypto Week Ahead: FOMC Minutes and EU Ban Set the Tone
FOMC minutes could reset rate-cut bets for September, while EU operators face an Aug. 23 deadline to halt transactions with 14 named crypto-asset service platforms.
Bitcoin Taps $64K in Asia as HYPE Gains 8% This Week
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Bitcoin Taps $64K in Asia as HYPE Gains 8% This Week
BTC's tight band near $63K held through a week of softening macro signals, with Fed hike odds collapsing from roughly 50% to 25%. HYPE was the only major token with a meaningful weekly gain.
Bitcoin Lags as FOMC Rate Hold Reignites Risk Appetite
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Bitcoin Lags as FOMC Rate Hold Reignites Risk Appetite
Risk appetite returned quickly after the decision, but Bitcoin's stillness and muted options pricing leave the broader crypto signal unresolved.
Glassnode
Fed Chair Warsh eyes fewer FOMC rate decisions per year
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Fed Chair Warsh eyes fewer FOMC rate decisions per year
Fewer scheduled rate decisions would slow the pace of policy signals markets have built entire trading calendars around, and any move would need broad FOMC buy-in before it lands.
CoinTelegraph
PCE drops to 3.7%, GDP slows to 1.5% as three Fed members dissent
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PCE drops to 3.7%, GDP slows to 1.5% as three Fed members dissent
The inflation print landed soft enough for risk assets to breathe, but three dissents on the FOMC vote and Kevin Warsh's 'no forward guidance' stance leave the next move genuinely up in the air.
Benjamin Cowen
Fed Holds Rates at 3.5–3.75% With 3 Dissents Reopening Hike Bets
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Fed Holds Rates at 3.5–3.75% With 3 Dissents Reopening Hike Bets
Three hawkish dissents and a Warsh restatement of the 2% target make this the first Fed pause since 2008 that the market is pricing as a pause, not a done deal.
Altcoin Daily
US Q2 GDP slumps to 1.5%, crushing 2.1% forecast
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US Q2 GDP slumps to 1.5%, crushing 2.1% forecast
The miss is large enough to reopen the recession-bid conversation on its own, and it lands the same week as the Fed's rate decision.
XRP Holds $1.07 as FOMC Decision Looms
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XRP Holds $1.07 as FOMC Decision Looms
The pitch hinges on a dovish Fed clearing $1.20 resistance, with Polymarket pricing 70% odds of that catalyst by month-end. Both bull and bear cases map to specific levels the chart already respects.
Crypto News
Bitcoin ETFs End 4-Day Outflow Streak With $32.1M Inflow
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Bitcoin ETFs End 4-Day Outflow Streak With $32.1M Inflow
The reversal is small in dollar terms, but the timing ahead of the FOMC decision is the real signal: BlackRock's IBIT is buying into fear again, and the institutional bid has held through every dip…
Bitcoin Holds $64K as Three Fed Officials Dissent for a Rate Hike
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Bitcoin Holds $64K as Three Fed Officials Dissent for a Rate Hike
It is the first three-way dissent in the same direction since September 2016, and it lands on a market where Treasuries out-yield BTC's own carry and spot volume is at a six-year low.
CryptoSlate
FOMC holds rates at 3.5-3.75%, Bitcoin ETFs flip green
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FOMC holds rates at 3.5-3.75%, Bitcoin ETFs flip green
A 9-3 hold keeps policy unchanged through July, but the dissent count and ETF flow reversal hint at a market positioning for a September pivot.
Warsh: Treasury Yields Have Done the Fed's Work in 42 Days
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Warsh: Treasury Yields Have Done the Fed's Work in 42 Days
The former Fed governor's read reframes the policy debate: with 42 days of market-driven tightening already in the tape, the FOMC's next decision is about validating or pushing back on the curve…
Fed rate decision: three officials dissent, cite Middle East energy risk
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Fed rate decision: three officials dissent, cite Middle East energy risk
The dissent is the signal: three FOMC voters wanted a hike at the same meeting the chair kept policy on hold, with the committee citing Middle East energy shocks as the reason inflation stays above…
TheBlock
Fed holds rates steady: crypto braces for Powell guidance
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Fed holds rates steady: crypto braces for Powell guidance
The Federal Reserve left its benchmark rate unchanged, extending the pause as inflation and labor data keep policymakers in a holding pattern ahead of the next move.
Fed Set to Hold Rates as 2-Year Yield Signals Incoming Hike
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Fed Set to Hold Rates as 2-Year Yield Signals Incoming Hike
The 29% FedWatch odds of a July hike look about right: the more useful signal is the 2-year yield pushing the Fed funds rate toward 4.25%, which is the level the market wants by December.
Bitcoin Carry Trade Cools as 2-Year Yield Beats 3-Month Basis
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Bitcoin Carry Trade Cools as 2-Year Yield Beats 3-Month Basis
For only the second time on record, 2-year yields pay more than the 3-month futures basis, and the entire off-chain stack reads downstream of that one spread.
BTC Eyes Fed Rate Decision as Markets Split on Hike Odds
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BTC Eyes Fed Rate Decision as Markets Split on Hike Odds
CME fed funds futures still price a 35% chance of a rate increase the afternoon of the decision, an unusual level of indecision that makes this a live, two-sided FOMC for risk.
Bitcoin Drops as Fed Surprise-Hike Risk Builds Before July 29
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Bitcoin Drops as Fed Surprise-Hike Risk Builds Before July 29
Futures price only 10bp of tightening against a possible 25bp move, the loosest setup since 1994. Under a chair who rejects forward guidance, that gap is the whole trade.
Citadel Calls Surprise 25bp Fed Hike as BTC Pulls Back to $64K
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Citadel Calls Surprise 25bp Fed Hike as BTC Pulls Back to $64K
Citadel's 25 bp hike call against a 64% hold consensus is the headline tail risk going into the FOMC, and the move that actually lands is the one bitcoin and rates desks are most asymmetrically…
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