Bitcoin Holds $76K Ahead of Powell's Final Fed MeetingCrypto markets are stuck in neutral as traders weigh a closed Strait of Hormuz, hawkish dissent at the Bank of Japan, and Jerome Powell's final Fed meeting, all falling within the same 48-hour window.
Bitcoin is trading at $76,360, down 0.7% over 24 hours, after failing twice in the past week to reclaim $80,000, per CoinGecko data. Ether ticked up 0.3% to $2,299, though the second-largest cryptocurrency is still marginally lower over the past seven days.
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Crypto markets are stuck in neutral as traders weigh a closed Strait of Hormuz, hawkish dissent at the Bank of Japan, and Jerome Powell's final Fed meeting, all falling within the same 48-hour window.
Bitcoin is trading at $76,360, down 0.7% over 24 hours, after failing twice in the past week to reclaim $80,000, per CoinGecko data. Ether ticked up 0.3% to $2,299, though the second-largest cryptocurrency is still marginally lower over the past seven days.
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