{"id":17050,"date":"2026-07-20T06:07:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/?p=17050"},"modified":"2026-07-20T06:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:07:54","slug":"the-week-ahead-bitcoin-64k-fomc-decision-big-tech-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-bitcoin-64k-fomc-decision-big-tech-earnings\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week Ahead: Bitcoin Consolidates at $64K as Traders Brace for FOMC Decision and Big Tech Earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The markets over the weekend stayed relatively flat, as Bitcoin hovered at $64K and Ethereum steadied at $1,800.\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;\"> stabilized at 35, slightly increasing from last week at 28, indicating risk-on optimism.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17051\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/35.png?resize=1080%2C426&#038;quality=75&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/35.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/35-980x386.png 980w, https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/35-480x189.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1200px, 100vw\" \/><\/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-family: inter; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The macro focus is centered around the upcoming Fed&#8217;s July 28\u201329 FOMC meeting and an expected rate target range of 3.50%\u20133.75%, even though markets are expecting the Fed to leave rates <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/us\/traders-expect-fed-skip-july-rate-hike-inflation-cools-2026-07-14\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unchanged<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Still, global energy volatility and continued conflict between the US and Iran can escalate inflation, putting pressure on the Fed to hike rates.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/calendar\/earnings\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q2 earnings<\/span><\/a><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: inter; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cycle is picking up speed, with heavyweights Tesla and Google reporting this week, alongside GM, IBM, Intel, and Philip Morris serving as a critical barometer. Market participants will assess whether AI stocks will continue to redirect liquidity away from the digital asset space.<\/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;\">July 20: Monthly Treasury balances<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">July 23: Initial jobless claims<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">July 24: S&amp;P flash U.S. services &amp; manufacturing PMI<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The markets over the weekend stayed relatively flat, as Bitcoin hovered at $64K and Ethereum steadied at $1,800.\u00a0 CoinMarketCap\u2019s Crypto Fear and Greed Index stabilized at 35, slightly increasing from last week at 28, indicating risk-on optimism.\u00a0 What Traders Should Watch Out for This Week The macro focus is centered around the upcoming Fed&#8217;s July 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