{"id":69577,"date":"2026-01-27T19:01:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=69577"},"modified":"2026-01-27T19:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:01:41","slug":"bitcoin-braces-for-fomc-interest-rate-decision-is-a-hawkish-surprise-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=69577","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Braces For FOMC Interest Rate Decision: Is A Hawkish Surprise Coming?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) remains range-bound around $88,000, but traders are bracing for potential volatility and downside risk.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bitcoin And FOMC: A Complicated Story<\/h2>\n<p>Historically, Bitcoin has reacted negatively around FOMC meetings with around 9% drop the last time. <\/p>\n<p>Crypto chart analyst Ali Martinez <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alicharts\/status\/2016181551969525897\">noted<\/a> that in 2025, BTC fell after seven of eight Fed decisions.<\/p>\n<p>A 15% spike in May 2025 was the exception.<\/p>\n<p>With January 2026 rate-cut odds extremely low (~2.8%), policy easing appears unlikely, keeping downside risks elevated. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/50169367\/bitcoin-braces-for-fomc-interest-rate-decision-is-a-hawkish-surprise-coming?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" braces for fomc interest rate decision: is a hawkish surprise coming>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) remains range-bound around $88,000, but traders are bracing for potential volatility and downside risk. Bitcoin And FOMC: A Complicated Story Historically, Bitcoin has reacted negatively around FOMC meetings with around 9% drop the last time. Crypto chart analyst Ali Martinez noted that in 2025, BTC fell after seven of eight Fed decisions. [&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-69577","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\/69577","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=69577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}