Bitcoin price volatility ramps up around FOMC days — Will this time be different?
Bitcoin traders tend to cut risk leading into FOMC meetings, but key price metrics are showing a divergence. Will BTC rally when the Fed minutes are released?
At the start of the week, Bitcoin (BTC) price succumbed to pressure from sellers, declining from $84,500 on March 17, to $81,300 at the time of writing. This downward movement was most likely a sell-off related to the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) two-day meeting, which takes place on March 18-19.
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings tend to act as market resets. Each time the FOMC meets to deliberate on US monetary policy, crypto markets brace for impact.
Historically, traders de-risk and reduce leverage ahead of the announcement, and after the meeting and press conference from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell the markets can be equally reactive.
