{"id":15642,"date":"2025-12-08T04:06:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T04:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/?p=15642"},"modified":"2025-12-08T04:13:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T04:13:58","slug":"the-week-ahead-markets-brace-for-fed-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-markets-brace-for-fed-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week Ahead: Markets Brace for Fed Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This morning Asia time, Bitcoin jumped slightly to the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/market-activity\/cryptocurrency\/btc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$91K mark<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and ETH moved up to <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/market-activity\/cryptocurrency\/eth\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$3.100<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, showing a slight uptick over the weekend as traders await the big Fed meeting tomorrow.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CoinMarketCap\u2019s <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/charts\/fear-and-greed-index\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crypto Fear and Greed Index<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> currently stands at 24, signaling a state of uneasiness in the market.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15643\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fear20.png?resize=1080%2C556&#038;quality=75&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fear20.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fear20-1280x659.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fear20-980x505.png 980w, https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fear20-480x247.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1600px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: inter;\"><b>What Traders Should Watch Out for this Week<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traders are expecting the Federal Open Market Committee to cut the federal funds rate a third time by 0.25% this week, with markets <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestreet.com\/crypto\/markets\/cathie-wood-predicts-next-gold-crash-bitcoin-outperforming\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">putting the odds<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at 80-90%.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">While this could explain the slight uptick in market prices this morning, traders are waiting for the Fed\u2019s outlook for Q1, and whether or not it will continue to stimulate the economy through additional rate cuts or other measures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Hesitancy on the Fed\u2019s part could cause cryptocurrencies and other risk assets to decline even further.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Trump announced that he will publicly <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-12-02\/trump-says-he-ll-announce-new-fed-chair-early-next-year\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reveal<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who the next Fed Chairman is in January; the current chairman\u2019s term ends in May. It is widely expected that he will pick a candidate with strong intent to cut rates and stimulate the economy further.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other news, the Supreme Court could vote to uphold or strike down President Trump\u2019s sweeping <\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/trump-tariff-law-options-supreme-court-decision-2025-11\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tariffs <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">soon; striking down the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/trump-tariff-law-options-supreme-court-decision-2025-11\">tariffs<\/a> would likely uplift markets.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Other indicators to watch out for this week:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">On December 9, the NFIB optimism index will be released, acting as an economic bellwether to determine businesses&#8217; optimism about overall business health and labor quality.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Initial jobless claims will also be released on December 11, as well as the US trade deficit.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last week\u2019s Ethereum Fusaka Upgrade could also boost adoption, and drive the price of Ethereum up to <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/cmc-ai\/ethereum\/price-prediction\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$3,500<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by mid-week.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning Asia time, Bitcoin jumped slightly to the $91K mark, and ETH moved up to $3.100, showing a slight uptick over the weekend as traders await the big Fed meeting tomorrow. 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