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Bitcoin Rises 4% After Fed Maintains 4.25-4.50% Rates
Market expectations were met when the Fed maintained interest rates at 4.25-4.50%.
Bitcoin rose 4% and reached $84,000 after the news.
May 7, 2025 is the next FOMC meeting.
The FOMC had its second meeting of 2025 today and announced that the US Federal Reserve would maintain interest rates at 4.25-4.50%.
As CME Group statistics showed a 99% chance of the Fed maintaining the present rate, experts and traders expected this action.
The decision follows worries about economic risks from President Donald Trump's tariff measures, which critics say have increased global trade hostilities.
The central bank looks cautious, waiting to monitor inflation and the economy before making any changes.
Bitcoin rose 4% from $81,000 to $84,000 in afternoon trade, indicating excitement ahead of the conference.
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No Interest Rate Change from US Fed
At today's FOMC meeting, the Fed maintained interest rates at 425-450 basis points.
Previously, CME Group said there was a 99% likelihood that rates would stay the same following the meeting.
The second FOMC meeting of the year may have been influenced by threats to the US economy from President Trump's tariff measures, which some argue have intensified a global trade war.
Despite unpredictable trade policy and economic uncertainties, Wall Street expects the US central bank to hold rates steady, according to official reports.
Jerome Powell, the Fed's chair, said earlier this month that the Fed will likely maintain interest rates in the coming months while reviewing Trump's trade plans and inflation estimates.
Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and agreed to terminate the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which was a major victory for the markets and mankind, regardless of the tariff.
The next FOMC meeting is May 7.
Due to increasing inflation, the Fed lowered interest rates many times last year, driving BTC prices up. Despite today's decision, Bitcoin has enough growth potential.
#FedWatch #RippleVictory $BTC $ETH $XRP 🟠 Is #Bitcoin Bull Over? Has Bear Started? Experts Are Divided Into Two!
The prolonged decline in Bitcoin and its failure to recover are reducing expectations for an increase. At this point, the discourse of “Bitcoin bull market is over, bear market has begun” has started to increase in the market.
Although there are still views that Bitcoin is in a bull cycle and is experiencing a normal correction, the CryptoQuant CEO claimed that the bull cycle is over and the bear cycle has begun.
Many analysts believe that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are going through a typical bull cycle correction, and that BTC has yet to reach its peak.
🔸 Bitcoin Bull Run Is Not Over, Peak Still Not Here!
Ben Simpson, CEO of crypto research platform Collective Shift, stated that correction in Bitcoin and the crypto market is normal.
Simpson, who attributed the recent correction to temporary global liquidity constraints, stressed that the bull market remains intact.
Pointing out that Bitcoin has experienced only four corrections exceeding 25% this cycle, while it experienced 12 corrections in the previous cycle, the analyst stated that the current correction shows that it is in line with historical trends.
💬 “The Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets were overheated and needed to cool down. The market needed to find a new base and now we are waiting for a new narrative to rally.”
Derive co-founder Nick Forster also shared the same opinion, saying that BTC is in a normal correction phase and the cycle peak has not yet arrived.
💬 “Historically, Bitcoin has had these corrections during long-term uptrends, and there's no reason to say this time around will be any different than the others.”
Charles Edwards, founder of Capriole Investments, gave a neutral forecast, saying he was not sure whether the Bitcoin bull run was over.
💬 “I think the odds for Bitcoin are 50:50 for bears and bulls.”
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