Fed minutes turn Bitcoin’s rate-cut trade into a hike-risk problem
Bitcoin's 2026 bull case rested on one assumption: that the Fed's next serious move would be a cut, but Wednesday's minutes made clear that assumption is no longer safe.
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Bitcoin's 2026 bull case rested on one assumption: that the Fed's next serious move would be a cut, but Wednesday's minutes made clear that assumption is no longer safe.
Andjela Radmilac 5 min read
Tether’s $141 billion Treasury exposure has turned the world’s largest stablecoin into an unlikely pillar of America’s debt machine.
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