{"id":11613,"date":"2025-02-06T02:46:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T02:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=11613"},"modified":"2025-02-06T02:46:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T02:46:45","slug":"bitcoin-dogecoin-drop-ethereum-drop-after-fed-vice-chair-pours-cold-water-on-rate-cut-expectations-top-trader-sees-btc-at-500000-and-eth-at-20000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=11613","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin, Dogecoin Drop, Ethereum Drop After Fed Vice Chair Pours Cold Water On Rate Cut Expectations: Top Trader Sees BTC At $500,000 And ETH At $20,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Broader cryptocurrency markets saw declines over the past 24 hours, with total market capitalization dropping 2.01% to $3.17 trillion. <\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Cryptocurrency<\/td>\n<td>Gains +\/-<\/td>\n<td>Price (Recorded at 8.15 p.m. ET)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td>-1.23%<\/td>\n<td>$97,104.13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Ethereum<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td>-1.90%<\/td>\n<td>$$2,798.85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Dogecoin<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/doge\/usd\">DOGE<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td>-2.21%<\/td>\n<td>$$0.259<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>What Happened<\/strong>:\u00a0Bitcoin briefly dipped below $97,000, touching a low of $96,174.83, while other major altcoins also faced downward pressure. The pullback follows recent remarks from Federal Reserve Vice Chair <strong>Philip Jefferson<\/strong>, who urged caution regarding interest rate cuts in the current economic environment.<\/p>\n<p>Jefferson stated Tuesday that the central bank should be careful when adjusting interest rates amid economic uncertainty. His comments aligned with the Federal Open Market Committee&#8217;s recent decision to maintain the federal funds rate at 4.25% to 4.5%, according to a CNBC report. The Fed has previously cut rates by a total of one percentage point over three meetings after aggressive hikes to combat inflation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Gainers (24-Hours)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Cryptocurrency<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Gains +\/-<\/td>\n<td>Price (Recorded at 8.15 p.m. ET)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>OFFICIAL TRUMP <\/strong>(TRUMP)<\/td>\n<td>+6.82%<\/td>\n<td>$18.77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>FTX Token <\/strong>(FTT)<\/td>\n<td>+5.24%<\/td>\n<td>$2.04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Monero<\/strong> (XMR)<\/td>\n<td>+4.18%<\/td>\n<td>$229.48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Traditional markets painted a mixed picture amid crypto&#8217;s pullback. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 317.24 points, or 0.71%, to close at 44,873.28, while the S&amp;P 500 gained 0.39% &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/02\/43517708\/bitcoin-dogecoin-drop-ethereum-picks-upanalyst-van-de-poppe-sees-btc-at-500k-and-eth-at-20\" alt=\"Bitcoin,\" dogecoin drop ethereum after fed vice chair pours cold water on rate cut expectations: top trader sees btc at and eth>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broader cryptocurrency markets saw declines over the past 24 hours, with total market capitalization dropping 2.01% to $3.17 trillion. Cryptocurrency Gains +\/- Price (Recorded at 8.15 p.m. ET) Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) -1.23% $97,104.13 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) -1.90% $$2,798.85 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) -2.21% $$0.259 What Happened:\u00a0Bitcoin briefly dipped below $97,000, touching a low of $96,174.83, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-11613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}