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A hawkish FOMC meeting with a 25 basis point rate hike would push tech and crypto stocks lower

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Too little corroboration in the last 3 days to call a trend (1 article). Watching for it to gain traction.

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⇄ CROSS-ASSET Hawkish Fed messaging and inflation concerns are creating uncertainty about future rate hikes, causing traders to await FOMC minutes before making directional bets. BEARISH BTC ⇄ CROSS-ASSET Fed Minutes Hawkish Rate Hike Signal BEARISH SPX ⇄ CROSS-ASSET FOMC Driven Bitcoin Uptrend BULLISH BTC ⇄ CROSS-ASSET Bitcoin maintaining support above $66,000 following the FOMC meeting will determine the near-term trend for crypto-related equities BULLISH BTC ≈ RELATED Uncertainty around the CLARITY Act's passage could weigh on crypto stocks regardless of FOMC outcome BEARISH NDX ⇄ CROSS-ASSET A softer-than-expected Federal Reserve tone could unlock a bullish macro catalyst for ETH, while a hawkish stance would send prices back to support levels. NEUTRAL ETH
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"33.7% of investors are expecting that the Fed will increase the rates by 25 basis points to between 3.75% and 4%, a move that could push COIN and CRCL stock prices lower."

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