Bitcoin Holds $63K as Iran Oil Shock Lifts Crude 5%
The disconnect is the story: a Hormuz-driven crude spike of more than 5% left BTC pinned inside its weeks-old range, but the calendar between the July 17 OFAC wind-down and the July 28-29 FOMC is…
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The disconnect is the story: a Hormuz-driven crude spike of more than 5% left BTC pinned inside its weeks-old range, but the calendar between the July 17 OFAC wind-down and the July 28-29 FOMC is…
The bounce was priced on a guess about what Fed officials said three weeks ago; Wednesday's transcript replaces the guess, and a dovish miss would unwind the rally toward $58,000.
A heavy macro calendar collides with a structural shift in the Nasdaq 100, where SpaceX arrives as the index's fourth Bitcoin-holding constituent at 18,712 BTC.
The hawkish line from a sitting governor lands as crypto digests a two-week relief rally, leaving traders weighing whether the dot plot softens enough by September to keep the bid intact.
Strong labor data is tightening every channel crypto needs loose — and Warsh's hawkish first FOMC just put the rate-cut trade on ice through year-end.
Brent settled near $79.85 and tankers cleared the Strait for the first time in weeks, but a dot plot showing 9 of 18 Fed officials now expect a rate hike pushed DXY to a one-year high and drove BTC…
The shorter statement, absent dot-plot additions, and a rising 2-year yield together tell the real story: the Fed isn't telegraphing cuts anymore, and the bond market is already doing the Fed's job…
The unanimous hold masked a hawkish dot-plot: nearly half the FOMC now sees a hike as possible before year-end, just as a US-Iran deal pulls oil back toward $76 and pulls CPI expectations with it.
The price chart is bleeding while the developer chart keeps climbing — and that gap between on-chain activity and spot price is the one institutional desks are watching ahead of FOMC.
Fed funds futures have now priced a 35% chance of a September rate hike — up from 12% a week ago — and the dollar's surge past 100 is putting fresh pressure on risk assets across the board.
Nine of eighteen FOMC projections now point to a year-end hike — the sharpest regime flip since the post-cut consensus, and a stance change that put the committee's median dot on a tightening path…
Bitcoin slips under $65K and derivatives quiet ahead of the Fed's first decision under new Chair Warsh, while UNI defies the tape on a Standard Chartered $100 2030 call and live fee burns.
The deliberate silence on forward guidance leaves markets to price rate risk without an anchor — a posture that historically amplifies volatility around each subsequent data release.
Warsh's first FOMC appearance traded Powell's plain-English doctrine for political register and boardroom jargon — and he refused to draw a timeline for easing, undercutting the pre-appointment read…
The rate decision itself was priced; the new SEP is the shock — higher inflation forecasts and a slower path to cuts pull the rug from a market that had been leaning on 2026 easing.
Nine of 18 FOMC officials now project at least one rate hike this year, a shift that reframes the policy outlook from 'on hold' to 'next move may be up.'
Warsh's debut at the podium marks a leadership transition at the world's most influential central bank, with markets watching for any tonal shift in how the Fed communicates policy direction.
Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade moved into its final testing phase on June 17, putting the network on track for a Q3…
Bitcoin was trading below $65,000 as markets braced for the Federal Open Market Committee's upcoming policy decision —…
Changpeng Zhao weighed in on Hyperliquid with an unusual blend of admiration and distance. In comments surfaced by…