{"id":16193,"date":"2026-04-27T04:24:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/?p=16193"},"modified":"2026-04-27T04:24:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:24:47","slug":"the-week-ahead-bitcoin-rebounds-to-near-79k-amid-risk-on-sentiment-ahead-of-fed-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-bitcoin-rebounds-to-near-79k-amid-risk-on-sentiment-ahead-of-fed-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week Ahead: Bitcoin Rebounds to Near $79K Amid Risk-On Sentiment Ahead of Fed Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Over the weekend, Bitcoin traded near $77K to $78k over the weekend from April 25 to April 26 and pushed toward $79K on Monday, Asia time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">This sentiment reflects a risk-on in high-risk assets, reflecting expectations that inflation is stabilizing. However, traders are waiting for more clues from macro data as to how they will shape Fed policy.\u00a0<\/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;\">stands at 47, compared with last week&#8217;s 55.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16194\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/47.png?resize=1080%2C641&#038;quality=75&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/47.png 1594w, https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/47-1280x760.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/47-980x582.png 980w, https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/47-480x285.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) 1594px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; color: #000000; line-height: 1.6;\">What Traders Should Watch Out for This Week<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Key macro decisions and protocol updates will be the main drivers of volatility for BTC and other risk assets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For US data and news, the next FOMC rate decision will be on April 29-30, with the rate expected to be <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/24\/fed-likely-to-hold-rates-steady-april-consumer-impact.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held steady<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Traders are looking towards Powell\u2019s last meeting as Fed chairman to see his outlook for the coming year and how the Fed plans to ease consumers\u2019 affordability challenges.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regarding ecosystem events, from April 27\u2013May 1, the Chiliz CHZ V2.0 launch and the Solana SIMD\u2011266 protocol upgrade, which may <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.bloomingbit.io\/feed\/news\/110756\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">amplify<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> flows into sports\u2011Fi, ticketing, and high\u2011throughput DeFi ecosystems around those tickers.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">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; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">April 28: Consumer confidence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">April 29: Durable-goods orders, advanced U.S. trade balance in goods, retail inventories, wholesale inventories, and FOMC interest-rate decision<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">April 30: Initial jobless claims, employment cost index, GDP, personal income, personal spending, core PCE index, U.S. leading economic indicators<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">May 1: S&amp;P U.S. manufacturing PMI and ISM manufacturing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend, Bitcoin traded near $77K to $78k over the weekend from April 25 to April 26 and pushed toward $79K on Monday, Asia time.\u00a0 This sentiment reflects a risk-on in high-risk assets, reflecting expectations that inflation is stabilizing. 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