{"id":15900,"date":"2026-02-02T02:31:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T02:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/?p=15900"},"modified":"2026-02-02T02:31:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T02:31:56","slug":"the-week-ahead-risk-off-bitcoin-77k-macro-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-risk-off-bitcoin-77k-macro-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week Ahead: Markets Turn Risk-Off as Bitcoin Slips to Around $77K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the weekend, Bitcoin slipped from the $84K level on January 31 to <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/en\/trading\/BTC-USDT\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">around $77K by February 2,<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Asia time. Ethereum followed a similar trend, declining from roughly $2,400 to the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/en\/trading\/ETH-USD\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$2,300 mark<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/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;\">dropped to 15, near levels last seen in November (around 10), indicating rising fear sentiment driven by macroeconomic pressures and ongoing uncertainty.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15901\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/15.png?resize=1080%2C450&#038;quality=75&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/15.png 1103w, https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/15-980x409.png 980w, https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/15-480x200.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1103px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: inter; color: #000000; line-height: 1.6;\"><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;\">Last Friday, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/356486\/what-trumps-fed-pick-kevin-warsh-means-for-crypto\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump nominated Kevin Warsh, a perceived hawkish former Fed governor, as the next chair<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which fueled fears of tightening monetary policy. Traders are all wondering what Warsh\u2019s next move will be as moving forward with interest rates and inflation.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/senate-passes-bill-resolve-shutdown-clash-punting-dhs-two-weeks-rcna256540\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US government also entered a partial shutdown on January 31<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">amplifying weekend risk aversion as contributing to crypto plunges and stock futures weakness, increasing weekend risk avoidance, and uncertainty over how cryptocurrency regulations will progress in the coming weeks.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">These factors led to a general \u201crisk-off\u201d mood among traders as they sold off cryptocurrencies and delevered their portfolios.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Here are the major economic indicators to watch out for this week:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Feb 2: S&amp;P flash U.S. manufacturing PMI, and ISM manufacturing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Feb 3: Job openings, S&amp;P final U.S. services PMI, and ISM services<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Feb 4: ADP employment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Feb 5: Initial jobless claims<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Feb 6: U.S. employment report, U.S. hourly wages, Consumer sentiment (prelim), and Consumer credit<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend, Bitcoin slipped from the $84K level on January 31 to around $77K by February 2, Asia time. 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