Bitcoin Traders Brace for Fed Rate Decision Amid Surprise Hold Fears
Crypto traders are heavily positioning for expected Federal Reserve moves, though market participants warn that an unexpected interest rate hold could introduce severe downside risks.
- Traders brace for Federal Reserve rate decisions
- Market warns an unexpected hold poses major risks
Part of the storyline: Will the Fed raise rates again?
Sources
- The Guardian — Trump blasts interest rate uptick and claims ‘hostile’ Federal Reserve board made decision ‘only for political reasons’ – live
- The Hill — Peter Navarro says Fed's rate raise is 'a bad decision'
- BBC — US interest rates raised for first time in three years
- BBC — Why Trump's hand-picked Fed chair defied him by raising interest rates
- Bloomberg — Trump Denied Rate Cut as Federal Reserve Targets War-Stoked Inflation
- Bloomberg — Gold Holds Decline After Fed Tilts Hawkish and Raises Rates
- Bloomberg — Fed’s Hawkish Hike to Pressure Asian Currencies, Strategists Say
- Financial Times — Fed defies Trump with first rate rise since 2023
- The Hill — Trump blames Fed board, not Warsh, for rate hikes
- Al Jazeera — What to know about US Federal Reserve’s first interest rate hike in 3 years
- Bloomberg — The Fed’s Unanimous 25-basis-point Hike Puts Trump and Warsh on Collision Course
- Bloomberg — Fed’s Warsh Heeds Own Advice With Record Short Press Conference
- BBC — Watch: How will higher interest rates impact US consumers?
- MarketWatch — As Fed rolls out its first interest-rate hike in 3 years, market braces for more increases
- MarketWatch — My rental property is paid off, but I need cash. Is this a bad time to take out a $50,000 HELOC?
- The Hill — Federal Reserve delivers unwelcome news to Trump
- CNBC — Analysis: How Trump could reignite the Fed independence fight after Warsh's rate hike
- Bloomberg — Highlights From Fed Chairman Warsh’s News Conference
- Bloomberg — 'Direct Indexing' to Diversity Portfolios
- Bloomberg — Brown Harris Stevens CEO: We Need More Housing in Market
- The Independent — President Trump-splains economy to Fed in rant after first interest rate hike in 3 years
- MarketWatch — Fed rate hike fails to calm troubled markets as Dow falls 600 points. Expect more sharp swings in stocks and bonds.
- France 24 — US Federal Reserve defies Trump with interest rate hike
- Bloomberg — Bloomberg Surveillance: The Fed Decides 9/16/2026
- Axios — Trump demands lower interest rates after Fed decision
- The Guardian — US Federal Reserve raises interest rates for the first time since 2023
- Foreign Policy — The Fed Bucks Trump and Raises Interest Rates
- CNBC — 10-year Treasury yield climbs back to 5% after Fed hikes rates, Warsh highlights inflation risks
- CNBC — Jeff Gundlach says the Fed should have hiked rates by more to fight rising inflation
- Bloomberg — Why Kevin Warsh Again Skipped the Fed’s Dot Plot
- CNBC — Fed raises rates: What it means for your credit cards, mortgages, savings accounts and auto loans
- Bloomberg — Warsh Says Fed Rate Hike Is a Commitment to Price Stability
- Semafor — Warsh breaks with Trump to raise rates
- CNBC — Fed delivers its first hike in 3 years. Plus, what's moving Starbucks and GE Vernova
- Politico — US central bank hikes interest rates and signals more to come, defying Trump
- Deutsche Welle — US Fed raises key rate for first time in 3 years
- CNBC — Here is what changed in the new Fed statement under Warsh
- The Independent — Federal Reserve hikes key interest rate for first time in 3 years despite Trump’s demands for a cut
- Bloomberg — Bond Traders Signal Warsh Credibility Growing in Inflation Fight
- Bloomberg — Fed Raises Rates to Curb Inflation, Drawing Rebuke From Trump
- Bloomberg — Key Takeaways From Fed Decision to Raise Interest Rates
- Federal Reserve — Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the September 15-16 FOMC meeting
- Federal Reserve — Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
- CoinDesk — Fed raises rates by 25 basis points in first hike since July 2023
- Bloomberg — Fed Meeting Today: Rate Cuts, Warsh Speech, Live News & Analysis
- NPR — Fed expected to raise interest rates. And, board votes to close Kennedy Center
- CoinDesk — Bitcoin traders brace for Fed hike, but a surprise hold could pose bigger risk
- Semafor — The US Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates today
- CoinDesk — Live updates: Bitcoin steady as stocks slide following Fed rate hike, Warsh press conference
- Bloomberg — Traders Brace for Fed Hike With Equities Under Pressure
- Bloomberg — Gold Steadies Below $4,300 as Markets Await Fed Rate Decision
- Bloomberg — Fed Seen Hiking Rates in Defiance of Trump: Decision-Day Guide
- Bloomberg — Bond Market’s ‘Extreme’ Short Counts on Fed to Deliver Rate Hike