{"id":123970,"date":"2026-02-19T01:53:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/?p=123970"},"modified":"2026-02-19T01:54:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:54:42","slug":"bitcoin-faces-pressure-as-fed-hawkish-tone-weighs-on-crypto-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/bitcoin-faces-pressure-as-fed-hawkish-tone-weighs-on-crypto-market\/02\/19\/market-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Faces Pressure as Fed Hawkish Tone Weighs on Crypto Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Bitcoin (BTC) traded at $66,423, down 1.55% as investors remain cautious amid a hawkish stance from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The central bank\u2019s signals of maintaining tighter monetary policy have contributed to a risk-off sentiment across global markets, affecting digital assets alongside equities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The market has seen notable accumulation by long-term holders, with monthly purchases rising sharply compared to last year, signaling confidence in Bitcoin\u2019s long-term potential despite short-term volatility. Corporate adoption continues as well, with major firms increasing their Bitcoin holdings.<br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Overall, while Bitcoin retains strong market capitalization and adoption trends, the combination of Fed hawkishness, cautious investor sentiment, and resistance levels may keep the cryptocurrency under pressure in the short term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (BTC) traded at $66,423, down 1.55% as investors remain cautious amid a hawkish stance from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The central bank\u2019s signals of maintaining tighter monetary policy have contributed to a risk-off sentiment across global markets, affecting digital assets alongside equities. The market has seen notable accumulation by long-term holders, with monthly purchases &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":100103,"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":[38,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-commodities-news","category-market-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123970","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\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123970"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123984,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123970\/revisions\/123984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}