Last night, the Federal Reserve delivered its year-end report card — as everyone expected, a 25 basis point rate cut. But the key point is that the dots chart indicates that next year, there might only be another 25BP cut, with the pace clearly slowing down.
Chair Powell maintained the same stance at the press conference: "We will look at each meeting as it comes, without a fixed script." Translated, it means: stop guessing, take it one step at a time.
On the other hand, Fidelity released an interesting data point — a buyer snapped up nearly 430,000 BTC around the $85,500 mark. Could this price level become a new support zone? The market seems to be drawing a line here.
The cooling of rate cut expectations combined with large-scale capital accumulation signals that the next few weeks are worth paying close attention to these two indicators.
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SleepyValidator
· 15h ago
Powell: Take it one step at a time, don't guess blindly. I: Then let's just keep waiting. Anyway, there are big players scooping up BTC around 85,500, so it doesn't look too bad.
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LiquidityHunter
· 12-12 16:35
430,000 tokens... I need to check the liquidity depth at the 8.55 price level. If this is truly a support zone, the slippage should be controllable within single digits. How about the arbitrage opportunity?
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VibesOverCharts
· 12-12 06:48
The support zone at 85,500 needs to hold firmly; otherwise, it's just a test of funds, don't get trapped in false signals.
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PumpDoctrine
· 12-11 04:55
Brother Bao, I've heard this set of words so many times already. "Take it one step at a time" essentially means having no bottom line. Next year, only a 25BP cut, and after calculating, the wallet's directly cooled down.
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AmateurDAOWatcher
· 12-11 04:55
Powell's "step-by-step" approach is really impressive; he just doesn't want to give traders any room to breathe... 430,000 BTC bought at 85,500, the intensity is a bit fierce, but we also need to see if there will be follow-up actions.
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DegenRecoveryGroup
· 12-11 04:37
Powell's "take it step by step" rhetoric is getting old, he just doesn't want to make commitments. The price of 85,500 is now somewhat interesting. What does it mean that big players are scooping up here? We need to see if it can hold steady later on.
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LidoStakeAddict
· 12-11 04:36
I'm tired of Powell's usual rhetoric; it seems unlikely that interest rate cuts will happen next year anyway.
Last night, the Federal Reserve delivered its year-end report card — as everyone expected, a 25 basis point rate cut. But the key point is that the dots chart indicates that next year, there might only be another 25BP cut, with the pace clearly slowing down.
Chair Powell maintained the same stance at the press conference: "We will look at each meeting as it comes, without a fixed script." Translated, it means: stop guessing, take it one step at a time.
On the other hand, Fidelity released an interesting data point — a buyer snapped up nearly 430,000 BTC around the $85,500 mark. Could this price level become a new support zone? The market seems to be drawing a line here.
The cooling of rate cut expectations combined with large-scale capital accumulation signals that the next few weeks are worth paying close attention to these two indicators.