{"id":25384,"date":"2025-05-06T13:16:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T13:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=25384"},"modified":"2025-05-06T13:16:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T13:16:46","slug":"fomc-meeting-this-week-smart-money-institutions-are-stacking-btc-before-jerome-powell-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=25384","title":{"rendered":"FOMC Meeting This Week: Smart Money Institutions Are Stacking BTC Before Jerome Powell News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>With the FOMC meeting this week, 99Bitcoins analysts predict that, once again, the <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/new-cryptocurrency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fed won\u2019t do anything<\/a>. Maybe in June, since there\u2019s no FOMC meeting in July and August.\u00a0 But this week, no.<\/p>\n<p>If anything, we\u2019re about to keep dumping, yet companies like <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-1000x-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Semler Scientific<\/a> are going all-in. The medical device company picked up 167 BTC in early May, worth $16.2 million, pushing its total Bitcoin reserve to 3,634. That\u2019s over $340 million riding on a volatile asset.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the third high-stakes purchase Semler has made in ten days, signaling a shift in corporate treasury playbooks.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what\u2019s next for companies acquiring BTC and what to expect at the FOMC:<\/p>\n<div class=\"chart crypto-chart-instance\" id=\"crypto_chart_681a0ba9dd6a2\" data-coin-id=\"btc-bitcoin\">\n<div class=\"chart__header\">\n<div class=\"chart__info\">\n<div class=\"chart__info-icon\">\n                <img id=\"crypto_chart_681a0ba9dd6a2-chart__info-icon-img\">\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-name\" id=\"crypto_chart_681a0ba9dd6a2-chart__info-name\">&#8211;<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-label\">Price<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-label\">Market Cap<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-value\" id=\"crypto_chart_681a0ba9dd6a2-chart__info-symbol\">&#8211;<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-value\" id=\"crypto_chart_681a0ba9dd6a2-chart__info-price\">&#8211;<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-value\" id=\"crypto_chart_681a0ba9dd6a2-chart__info-marketcap\">&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__controls\">\n<div class=\"chart__controls-group\">\n                <button class=\"chart__button chart__button--24h\" id=\"crypto_chart_681a0ba9dd6a2-btn-24h\">24h<\/button><br \/>\n                <button class=\"chart__button chart__button--7d\" id=\"crypto_chart_681a0ba9dd6a2-btn-7d\">7d<\/button><br \/>\n                <button class=\"chart__button chart__button--30d\" id=\"crypto_chart_681a0ba9dd6a2-btn-30d\">30d<\/button><br \/>\n                <button class=\"chart__button chart__button--1y\" id=\"crypto_chart_681a0ba9dd6a2-btn-1y\">1y<\/button><br \/>\n                <button class=\"chart__button chart__button--all-time\" id=\"crypto_chart_681a0ba9dd6a2-btn-all-time\">All Time<\/button>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__controls-group\">\n                <button class=\"chart__button chart__button--logarithmic\" id=\"crypto_chart_681a0ba9dd6a2-btn-log\">Log<\/button>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__container\">\n        <canvas class=\"chart__canvas\" id=\"crypto_chart_681a0ba9dd6a2-cryptoChart\"><\/canvas>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>FOMC Meeting This Week: Semler Scientific Leads Way on BTC Corporate Treasuries<\/h2>\n<p>Despite Bitcoin crabbing at $94,000, institutional interest is rising again with Semler Scientific firmly in the \u201c<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/high-risk-high-reward-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no turning back<\/a>\u201d camp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">At a recent investor event, Semler\u2019s CEO publicly reaffirmed the company\u2019s confidence in Bitcoin\u2019s long-term potential, saying, \u201cIf we lose money by Bitcoin, it\u2019s not gonna force us to sell. You can sell or stop if you don\u2019t like what we\u2019ve done with Bitcoin.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: SEMLER SCIENTIFIC JUST BOUGHT 160 MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BITCOIN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#BITCOIN<\/a>, PASSING 3,600 BTC IN TOTAL <\/p>\n<p>BTC TREASURIES GOING PARABOLIC <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.1.0\/72x72\/1f680.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude80\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5coIqdCvZk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/5coIqdCvZk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Bitcoin Historian (@pete_rizzo_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pete_rizzo_\/status\/1919367882217046477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">May 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, things aren\u2019t looking good for BTC\u2019s price as we inch towards the May 7 FOMC.<\/p>\n<p>This setup happened one week before Trump\u2019s \u201cliberation day.\u201d The market dumped for four days straight before stabilizing on April 1, and then the big crash happened on April 2. We are one day away from the next FOMC meeting. This is the way the market anticipates terrible news, it rallies for no reason for one week and then everyone starts selling after the bad news.<\/p>\n<p>99Bitcoin\u2019s analysts would be genuinely impressed if we dump as hard or even harder than April 2 in this FOMC meeting, but something big is coming regardless.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"font-bold text-body leading-[24px] pt-[12px] pb-[2px] [&amp;_a]:underline-offset-[6px] [&amp;_.underline]:underline-offset-[6px]\">Bitcoin\u2019s Rally and Institutional Optimism<\/h2>\n<p>Semler\u2019s timing isn\u2019t random. Bitcoin\u2019s recent upswing has been fueled by a surge in institutional demand and nearly $1.8 billion in ETF inflows last week. As macro conditions continue to lean in crypto\u2019s favor, investor appetite is clearly shifting.<\/p>\n<p>Glassnode reports show an <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/glassnode.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener nofollow\">8% rise in active wallets<\/a> and a 15% uptick in large-value transactions\u2014classic signs of big players positioning ahead of the next move.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"font-bold text-body leading-[24px] pt-[12px] pb-[2px] [&amp;_a]:underline-offset-[6px] [&amp;_.underline]:underline-offset-[6px]\">Preparing for A Market Crash<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">Semler Scientific\u2019s Bitcoin spree fits a broader corporate shift toward crypto as a speculative lifeline in unpredictable markets. However, the FOMC\u2019s next move, which will be to do nothing, will kill this rally outright.<\/p>\n<p>If you zoom in, last week\u2019s rally has evaporated. You also don\u2019t seem to grasp that we are about to test previous lows, because we bounced off the 200 and 50-day MAs on this bad news.<\/p>\n<p>BTC is about to drop harder than your brain bounces off the inside of your empty skull.\u00a0 Just remember to say thank you next time!<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPLORE: DISCOVER:<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/high-risk-high-reward-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a09+ Best High-Risk, High-Reward Crypto to Buy in April 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/B7Uk6agkqj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Join The 99Bitcoins News Discord Here For The Latest Market Updates<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways\">\n<h3 class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__title\">Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list\">\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n        With the FOMC meeting this week, 99Bitcoins analysts predict that, once again, the Fed won\u2019t do anything.     <\/li>\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n        We\u2019re about to keep dumping, yet companies like Semler Scientific are going all-in. The medical device company picked up 167 BTC in early May.    <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/bitcoin-btc\/fomc-meeting-this-week-smart-money-institutions-are-stacking-btc-before-jerome-powell-news\/\">FOMC Meeting This Week: Smart Money Institutions Are Stacking BTC Before Jerome Powell News<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the FOMC meeting this week, 99Bitcoins analysts predict that, once again, the Fed won\u2019t do anything. Maybe in June, since there\u2019s no FOMC meeting in July and August.\u00a0 But this week, no. If anything, we\u2019re about to keep dumping, yet companies like Semler Scientific are going all-in. The medical device company picked up 167 [&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":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-25384","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\/25384","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=25384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}