Bitcoin Falls To $43k After Fed FOMC Meeting Report Show Commitment To Decrease Balance Sheet
As theprice of Bitcoin hovers just around $43,000, the cryptocurrency community is buzzing with expectation. This is due to the sideways price action following Federal Reserve commitment to decrease balance sheet.
Bitcoin and CryptoMarket Crash
The price of bitcoin fell below $44,000 shortly after the Federal Reserve’s December FOMC meeting notes re-confirmed efforts to regulate the balance sheet.
After minutes from the Federal Reserve’s December FOMC meeting revealed that the regulator is dedicated to reducing its balance sheet and hiking interest rates in 2022, Bitcoin (BTC) and the wider cryptocurrency field plummeted as stock markets pulled back at the closing bell.
BTC’s price dropped to $43,000 as stock markets corrected. This triggered a wave of liquidations $ totaledthat222 million in less than an hour.
The market in bloodbath. Source: Coin360
According to TradingView information, Bitcoin was struck by a wave of selling that pushed the price to an intraday low of $43,717 after bouncing around aid near $46,000 for a few days.
BTC/USD Crash to $43k. Source: TradingView
It is expected that the Fed will begin raising its benchmark interest rate in March, “which would mean that balance sheet reduction could initiate before summer.”
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Rekt Capital Foreshadows Similarities
The chart below was posted by crypto analyst and pseudonymousbetweenRekt Capital, showing the “many similarities this BTC range and May 2021 from another perspective .”
BTC/USD 1-week chart. Source: Twitter
According Capital Rekt to,
“Both saw BTC consolidate inside two Bull Market EMAs (i.e., green 21-week & blue 50-week EMA). If BTC is to repeat history, a capitulation gathering could take place where BTC briefly deviates below the blue 50 EMA.”
In fact, If in price does not break return over $46,000, the niche may be the for a prolonged bear niche. BTC may retrace to the low $30,000 region.
The Securities and United Commission (SEC) of the Exchange States postponed its decision on NYDIG’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund by 60 days on Tuesday (ETF). as it turns out The delayIn , led to a negative sentiment in the cryptofactmarkets, with several tokens experiencing a quick sell-off following the announcement.
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Featured image from Unsplash.com, charts from TradingView.com, Coin360
