{"id":16302,"date":"2026-05-18T02:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T02:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/?p=16302"},"modified":"2026-05-18T02:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T02:48:13","slug":"bitcoin-drops-80k-macro-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/bitcoin-drops-80k-macro-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week Ahead: Bitcoin Slips Below $80K as Macro Risks Build"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bitcoin declined from $79k last Friday to as low as $76k Monday morning as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">macr<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o risks spooked traders. Bearish sentiment is centered on U.S. inflation, the Fed leadership transition, and liquidity expectations. Meanwhile, Ethereum continues to hover around $2,100.\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;\"> remains stable at 39, down from last week.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16303 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/39.png?resize=1080%2C423&#038;quality=75&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"423\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/39.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/39-980x384.png 980w, https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/39-480x188.png 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1200px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1080px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1080\/423;\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; color: #000000;\">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;\">The main macro focus this week is the U.S. inflation and potential Fed commentary. As new Fed chair Kevin Warsh prepares to take office, it remains unseen as to which direction he\u2019ll take monetary policy this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the lack of big wins from the Trump-Xi meeting <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/news\/coinpedia:56e158828094b:0-bitcoin-slips-below-80k-as-trump-xi-talks-inflation-shock-shake-global-markets\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">added<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> additional sources of concern. Traders were hoping that issues around tariffs and Iran could be resolved.<\/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;\">May 18: NAHB Housing Market Index<\/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 19: Pending Home Sales Index<\/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 21: Weekly Jobless Claims, US Flash Manufacturing PMI, and US Flash Services PMI<\/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 22: Leading Indicators and U. Michigan Final Consumer Survey<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin declined from $79k last Friday to as low as $76k Monday morning as macro risks spooked traders. Bearish sentiment is centered on U.S. inflation, the Fed leadership transition, and liquidity expectations. Meanwhile, Ethereum continues to hover around $2,100.\u00a0 CoinMarketCap\u2019s Crypto Fear and Greed Index remains stable at 39, down from last week.\u00a0 What Traders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[231,542],"class_list":["post-16302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-insights","tag-the-fed","tag-u-s-inflation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Week Ahead: Bitcoin Slips Below $80K as Macro Risks Build &#8212; BTSE Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bitcoin drops below $80K as macro risks build. 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