{"id":87920,"date":"2026-04-29T18:48:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=87920"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:48:27","slug":"federal-reserve-keeps-the-rates-unchanged-will-bitcoin-keep-crashing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=87920","title":{"rendered":"Federal Reserve Keeps the Rates Unchanged: Will Bitcoin Keep Crashing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>In line with most experts\u2019 expectations, the United States Federal Reserve has officially maintained the key interest rates unchanged for the third consecutive meeting in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>History shows that BTC tends to underperform in the first week or so after each of the last several FOMC meetings.<\/p>\n<p>With the decision announced minutes ago, the Fed left the interest rates at 3.50%-3.75% in what is expected to be Powell\u2019s last FOMC meeting as the central bank\u2019s chair.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was taken with a vote of 8 in favor of keeping them and 4 against. The Fed\u2019s main argument was the rising costs of certain costs, especially those that are impacted by the war in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-price-reacts-as-us-cpi-data-shows-significant-increase-in-march\/\">reported<\/a> earlier in April, the inflation levels for March showed a substantial increase over February, especially in the energy sector, which has been influenced by the uncertainty prompted by the war.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-investors-beware-will-history-repeat-and-btc-drop-after-tomorrows-fomc-meeting\/\">warned<\/a> before today\u2019s meeting closure that bitcoin has dipped in the first several trading days after each FOMC meeting since at least July last year. Somewhat expectedly, the cryptocurrency slipped below $75,000 after the decision was announced, and most altcoins followed suit.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that BTC tapped $79,500 just a few days ago when it was rejected and lost almost five grand to its low marked after the Fed\u2019s meeting. The total liquidations skyrocketed to more than $500 million on a daily scale, with $200 million coming in the last hour alone.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1435809\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1435809\" style=\"width: 1835px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1435809 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29.png\" alt=\"BTCUSD April 29. Source: TradingView\" width=\"1835\" height=\"917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29.png 1835w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29-90x45.png 90w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29-1600x800.png 1600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29-1400x700.png 1400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29-1200x600.png 1200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29-1000x500.png 1000w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29-900x450.png 900w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29-800x400.png 800w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29-700x350.png 700w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29-600x300.png 600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29-500x250.png 500w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29-400x200.png 400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29-200x100.png 200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSD-April-29-100x50.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1835px) 100vw, 1835px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1435809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BTCUSD April 29. Source: TradingView<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/federal-reserve-keeps-the-rates-unchanges-will-bitcoin-keep-crashing\/\">Federal Reserve Keeps the Rates Unchanged: Will Bitcoin Keep Crashing?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In line with most experts\u2019 expectations, the United States Federal Reserve has officially maintained the key interest rates unchanged for the third consecutive meeting in 2026. History shows that BTC tends to underperform in the first week or so after each of the last several FOMC meetings. With the decision announced minutes ago, the Fed [&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-87920","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\/87920","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=87920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}