{"id":48198,"date":"2025-09-18T09:16:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T09:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=48198"},"modified":"2025-09-18T09:16:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T09:16:45","slug":"bitcoin-etf-inflows-reverse-as-feds-hawkish-outlook-triggers-market-caution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=48198","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin ETF Inflows Reverse as Fed\u2019s Hawkish Outlook Triggers Market Caution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Spot bitcoin (BTC) ETFs saw their first daily outflows in over a week on Wednesday, shedding a net $51.28 million, as investors reacted to the Federal Reserve\u2019s unexpectedly cautious outlook on future policy.<\/p>\n<p>The outflow broke a seven-day streak that had brought in nearly $3 billion. Assets under management remain above $150 billion, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/sosovalue.com\/assets\/etf\/us-btc-spot\">SoSoValue<\/a> data, but the tone in markets shifted after Fed Chair Jerome Powell emphasized economic uncertainty and signaled fewer cuts ahead than traders had hoped.<\/p>\n<p>As expected, the Fed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2025\/09\/16\/fed-cuts-fed-fund-rate-by-25-basis-points-in-first-reduction-since-december\">lowered its benchmark rate<\/a> by 25 basis points, bringing it to a range of 4.00% to 4.25%, in its first cut of the year. But the real surprise came from the central bank&#8217;s updated projections, which indicated just two more cuts in 2025 and fewer in 2026 than markets had priced in.<\/p>\n<p>In a cautious press conference, Powell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalreserve.gov\/mediacenter\/files\/FOMCpresconf20250917.pdf\">warned<\/a> of \u201celevated\u201d inflation and rising \u201cdownside risks\u201d to employment, striking a tone that left traders wary. Markets interpreted the move as a hawkish cut, triggering a mild pullback in risk assets.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum ETFs also saw redemptions, with net outflows for a second straight day. Withdrawals amounted to $1.89 million following the exit of $61.7 million the day before.<\/p>\n<p>Cryptocurrency prices edged higher. Bitcoin rose around 0.3% in the last 24 hours while ether moved up 1.7%. The broader CoinDesk 20 (<a href=\"https:\/\/indices.coindesk.com\/coindesk20\">CD20<\/a>) index rose 2%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spot bitcoin (BTC) ETFs saw their first daily outflows in over a week on Wednesday, shedding a net $51.28 million, as investors reacted to the Federal Reserve\u2019s unexpectedly cautious outlook on future policy. The outflow broke a seven-day streak that had brought in nearly $3 billion. Assets under management remain above $150 billion, according to [&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-48198","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\/48198","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=48198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}