{"id":121509,"date":"2025-12-08T16:18:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T12:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/?p=121509"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:18:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T12:18:22","slug":"bitcoin-rises-ahead-of-key-fed-decision-as-rate-cut-bets-hold-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/bitcoin-rises-ahead-of-key-fed-decision-as-rate-cut-bets-hold-firm\/12\/08\/market-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Rises Ahead of Key Fed Decision as Rate-Cut Bets Hold Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bitcoin climbed on Monday, recovering from last week\u2019s pullback as traders maintained strong expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at this week\u2019s policy meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world\u2019s largest cryptocurrency traded <strong>2.2% higher at $91,398.6<\/strong> by 02:08 ET (07:08 GMT), stabilizing after briefly sliding below <strong>$84,000<\/strong> last week \u2014 a move that followed sharp losses through November and kept sentiment fragile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fed rate cut expectations support Bitcoin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Market confidence in a <strong>25-basis-point Fed cut<\/strong> remained intact, with futures pricing in an <strong>87% probability<\/strong> of easing at the December 10 meeting. Softer U.S. economic data and cooling inflation have reinforced the case for policy loosening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday\u2019s release of the Fed\u2019s preferred inflation gauge \u2014 the <strong>core PCE index<\/strong> \u2014 rose <strong>0.2% month-on-month<\/strong>, while the annual rate eased to <strong>2.8%<\/strong>, consistent with inflation gradually heading toward target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lower interest rates tend to weaken the dollar and improve liquidity conditions \u2014 dynamics that typically benefit Bitcoin and other non-yielding risk assets. Still, caution persisted as mixed signals from Fed officials raised uncertainty over the pace and scale of easing expected in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s broader uptrend began accelerating late in 2024 as expectations for a dovish Fed pivot strengthened. Traders will now look for confirmation in <strong>Wednesday\u2019s Fed statement and Chair Jerome Powell\u2019s remarks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crypto price today: Altcoins move higher but remain rangebound<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Most major altcoins traded higher alongside Bitcoin, though movements remained contained:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ethereum<\/strong> rose <strong>3%<\/strong> to <strong>$3,127.92<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>XRP<\/strong> added <strong>2.5%<\/strong> to <strong>$2.08<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Solana<\/strong> and <strong>Cardano<\/strong> each gained <strong>2%<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Polygon<\/strong> was little changed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dogecoin<\/strong> rose <strong>1.5%<\/strong>, while <strong>$TRUMP<\/strong> dipped <strong>0.5%<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Cautious sentiment across crypto markets suggests traders are waiting for clearer policy signals from the Fed before committing to stronger directional positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin climbed on Monday, recovering from last week\u2019s pullback as traders maintained strong expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at this week\u2019s policy meeting. The world\u2019s largest cryptocurrency traded 2.2% higher at $91,398.6 by 02:08 ET (07:08 GMT), stabilizing after briefly sliding below $84,000 last week \u2014 a move that followed &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":54500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,6827,49,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-cryptocurrencies","category-daily-economic-reports","category-economic-reports","category-market-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121510,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121509\/revisions\/121510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}