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Fed Holds Rates as Bitcoin Waits on Warsh’s Forward Guidance
The Federal Reserve will announce its interest rate decision at 2 p.m. ET today, with Chairman Kevin Warsh’s press conference to follow at 2:30 p.m., marking a pivotal moment for crypto markets as policymakers grapple with renewed inflation concerns and an increasingly opaque monetary policy outlook. Bitcoin has climbed back above $64,000 in anticipation of...
Fed Rate Decision Looms as Bitcoin Rallies on Disinflation Signal
The Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision on Wednesday arrives amid a sharp shift in market expectations, with rate-hold odds falling from 87% just ten days ago to 64%, injecting fresh volatility into cryptocurrency markets as investors brace for Chair Kevin Warsh’s first major policy announcement. Bitcoin has rallied nearly 16% from its July lows, but...
Fed Divided on Inflation Path as AI Buildout Emerges as New Risk
The Federal Reserve’s freshly released meeting minutes reveal deep divisions within the policy committee over inflation’s trajectory, while a striking new concern has emerged: artificial intelligence buildout could keep price pressures elevated throughout 2026. The split among Fed officials—with half supporting rate increases by year-end and half backing holds or cuts—reflects genuine uncertainty about whether...
Fed Minutes Show Hawkish Inflation Stance, Bitcoin Falls
The Federal Reserve’s freshly released June meeting minutes have triggered a sharp reversal in crypto markets, with Bitcoin falling 2.2 percent in 24 hours as Chair Kevin Warsh’s inaugural FOMC session revealed an unexpectedly hawkish inflation stance and signals of potential rate hikes before year-end 2026. The committee’s upward revision of core inflation projections to...
Bitcoin Crashes Below $58K as PCE Inflation Hits 3-Year High
Bitcoin plummeted below $58,000 today, marking its lowest point since September 2024, as the Personal Consumption Expenditures index surged to 4.1% in May—the highest inflation reading in three years and a decisive break above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. The PCE data, released on June 25, triggered the largest single-day crypto capitulation in months, with...
Fed’s Warsh Signals Surprise Rate Hikes Ahead as Inflation Remains Stubborn
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh signaled an unexpectedly hawkish stance at his inaugural FOMC meeting on June 16-17, 2026, with nine of eighteen policymakers now projecting at least one rate hike this year—a dramatic reversal from March’s dovish outlook. The shift reflects mounting inflation concerns, with core inflation projections revised sharply upward to 3.3% for...
Fed Chair Warsh’s Hawkish Pivot Sends Bitcoin Below $60,000
Kevin Warsh’s debut as Federal Reserve chairman has triggered the worst crypto selloff in months, with Bitcoin plummeting below $60,000 and Ethereum collapsing toward $1,550 as markets digest a dramatically hawkish policy pivot announced June 18. The new Fed leadership removed key easing language from its statement and signaled potential rate hikes ahead, while simultaneously...
Fed’s Warsh Kills Rate-Cut Trade; Bitcoin Slides to $62K
Bitcoin plunged toward $62,000 on Tuesday as Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s hawkish policy stance eliminated the rate-cut expectations that have underpinned crypto’s 2026 rally. The move triggered $717 million in liquidations across crypto markets and marked a dramatic reversal of sentiment just one week after Warsh’s debut FOMC meeting signaled a more aggressive stance...
Fed Holds FOMC as Bitcoin, Ethereum Rally on Iran Peace Relief
Bitcoin and Ethereum are holding near two-week highs as the Federal Reserve opens its critical June 16-17 FOMC meeting under new Chair Kevin Warsh, with markets pricing in a 99 percent probability of a rate hold and positioning for dovish guidance that could extend the current relief rally. The crypto market’s strength follows a U.S.-Iran...
Fed Signals Only 1 Cut in 2026, Drives Bitcoin Down 50% From Peak
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 3.50-3.75% on June 16, but signaled only one rate cut for the remainder of 2026, marking a hawkish pivot that has sent Bitcoin tumbling nearly 50% from its October 2025 peak and triggered record outflows from spot Bitcoin ETFs. The decision, arriving under new Fed Chair Kevin...
Fed Signals Extended Rate Hold as Warsh Takes Hawkish Stance
The Federal Reserve held its benchmark federal funds rate steady at 3.50%-3.75% on June 17, 2026, but the real story lies in the hawkish messaging that accompanied the decision—and the immediate crypto selloff that followed. In Kevin Warsh’s first FOMC meeting as the newly confirmed Fed chair, policymakers signaled that rate cuts are no longer...