So far this year, the Federal Reserve has made two rate cuts. Now, another major decision is happening today at the FOMC meeting. Federal Reserve is expected to make a 3rd consecutive rate cut 👀

Markets are pricing in around a 95.4% chance that the Fed will cut rates today 📊

Why does this matter? Because markets aren’t just watching whether the Fed cuts by another 25 basis points; they’re paying close attention to what the central bank projects for 2025 🔍

The number of future cuts the Fed expects to make will influence everything from stock prices to bond yields 👇

📈 Dovish (More Cuts): If the Fed signals more cuts than expected in 2025, markets could rally strongly.

🤷‍♀️ Neutral (Expected Cuts): If the central bank stays in line with what markets currently anticipate, look for a mild, positive response.

📉 Hawkish (Fewer Cuts): If the Fed indicates fewer cuts ahead, it may dampen enthusiasm, causing stocks to fall and treasury yields to rise.

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🇩🇪 German financial giant Deutsche Bank has announced that it's launching its own Ethereum layer 2 blockchain based on ZKsync technology 🔗

🇺🇸 Federal Reserve announced that the interest rates were cut by 0.25%.

This decision was already priced in so no big moves are happening in the markets 👍

Market is red! 🩸

Over $1.50 trillion was wiped out from the US stock market today. S&P 500 is down 2.95% in the last 24 hours 📉

More than $660 million was liquidated from the crypto market during the last day 🫡

During the FOMC Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the Fed is "not allowed to own Bitcoin."

He also said it might take 1-2 years for inflation to reach 2%, which is not bullish 😔

✅ Hawkish Fed chief's speech spooked market, fears of easing policy slow down send prices down and bond yields rising 🕯

Daily Digest:

🔸 Solana did more transactions than combined activity on all other blockchains hitting a new ATH in daily transactions

🔸 Wyoming Senator has declared 2025 to be 'the year for Bitcoin and digital assets'

🔸 The Federal Reserve cut rates by 25 basis points as expected ✅

🔸  The Fed's PCE inflation expectation for 2025 rose to 2.5%, a bearish sign

🔸 Europol seized $26 million in crypto from nine drug traffickers 👮

🔸 Deutsche Bank has announced that it's launching its own Ethereum layer 2 blockchain

🔹 Prices:

🥇 Bitcoin - $99,326 (↓0.5%)
✨ Ethereum - $3,574 (↓1.1%)
🧪 S&P 500 - 5,872 (↓2.95%)
🕗 DXY - 108.03 (↑1.15%)
🌉 Gold - 2,610 (↑0.94%)

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For instance, one user discovered $1,000 worth of tokens in an old wallet they rarely checked, all thanks to simple scanning tools designed for this purpose 👇

🪂 Checkdrop by Byzantine is very good if you have no idea which airdrop you are eligible of receiving. This service only supports EVM wallets.

🪂 Checker by DiligenceDAO offers a similar service but it's more useful if you need to check many different wallets. This checker supports more networks, for example Solana and Grass.

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BTC's attempt to hold the $100k level doesn't look successful 😐

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Someone just paid 8.1 BTC transaction fee for a BTC transfer 🤬

That's around $791,000 in fees for a single transaction on the Bitcoin blockchain 😅

In the past 24 hours more than 302,000 traders were liquidated, the total liquidations come in at $1.03 billion 😮

Late longers suffered the most, with $859 million of long positions getting liquidated during the last day 📊

✅ Today, bitcoin fell below $96,000, building on Wednesday's market-wide selloff spurred by Federal Reserve Chairman disappointing investors with his comments on expectations for U.S. interest rate cuts next year 🇺🇸

Daily Digest:

🔸 Fake Satoshi Craig Wright was given a one-year suspended sentence for contempt of court 👮

🔸 Investors filed a lawsuit against several entities involved in the launch of the Hawk Tuah memecoin 

🔸 10% of Ethereum validators are signaling support for raising the gas limit which could result in up to 33% reduction in transaction fees 🪙

🔸 Mo Shaikh, co-founder of Aptos Labs, announced that he's stepping down as CEO

🔸 Senator Lummis says Bitcoin “will continue to grow, where the US Dollar will continue to decline in value"

🔸 Hut 8, one of North America’s largest Bitcoin miners, has announced a $100 million purchase of Bitcoin

🔹 Prices:

🥇 Bitcoin - $97,193 (↓3.2%)
✨ Ethereum - $3,411 (↓6.1%)
🧪 S&P 500 - 5,867 (↓0.09%)
🕗 DXY - 108.48 (↑0.07%)
🌉 Gold - 2,597 (↑0.11%)

Well, he really did 👍😇

Good morning, the market is nuking, BTC dropped below $93k, ETH is testing $3,100 support 🔽🐻

If we will bounce back to $100k more than $3.5 billion in Bitcoin short positions will be liquidated 📊

This will fuel likely fuel a pump to the new all-time highs 🤔

On the prediction market platform Polymarket there were bets on whether Jerome Powell would say the word “Bitcoin” during the FOMC press conference 🗳

The odds for YES and NO were 1:10, but he did say the word. However, this only happened as a response to a question asked from an Axios news website reporter 🤔

On the Polymarket platform, it can be seen that the biggest “Yes” bet was made by an account named “Axios” 🤣

Genius insider trading, or did someone decide to troll a news website?

BlackRock, the largest asset manager in the world, has released a video ad about Bitcoin. This is a major sign that the biggest financial players now recognize Bitcoin as worth understanding 🤑

For new investors, this is huge. Bitcoin is moving from a fringe idea to something even the most traditional institutions are explaining and embracing 👍

This should bring more trust and confidence. It can encourage more people to consider Bitcoin as a long term investment, not just a passing trend 💰

✅ The crypto market went on a roller coaster ride, at one point Bitcoin fell to $92,000, followed by a 5.8% pump to almost $98k 🕯

Daily Digest:

🔸 Global neobank Revolut listed the BNB coin

🔸 Canadian biopharmaceutical company Quantum BioPharma has added Bitcoin and other crypto to its balance sheet

🔸 BlackRock posted a Bitcoin explainer video, which added a disclaimer that there’s no guarantee that the 21M max supply rule won’t be changed 🤔

🔸 A lawmaker in South Korea faces six months in prison for allegedly refusing to report $4 million in crypto

🔸 Rumble is in a deal for a $775 million strategic investment from stablecoin issuer Tether

🔸 Crypto liquidations have hit $1.4 billion over the past 24 hours 😨

🔸 Co-founder of Tornado Cash wants charges against him to be dropped after sanctions against his software were dropped

🔹 Prices:

🥇 Bitcoin - $97,419 (↓0.1%)
✨ Ethereum - $3,468 (↑1.3%)
🧪 S&P 500 - 5,930 (↑1.09%)
🕗 DXY - 107.82 (↓0.55%)
🌉 Gold - 2,623 (↑1.1%)

Here is what happened today when bears started celebrating 10% BTC dump 👍☝️

What is OI? 🛫

Open Interest (OI) represents the total number of outstanding futures or options contracts that haven’t been settled yet 🕯

For each buyer of a futures contract there must be a seller. From the time the buyer or seller opens the contract until the counter-party closes it, that contract is considered 'open'.

↗️ Right now, Bitcoin-denominated open Interest (orange line) sits lower than in the last bull run, revealing more subdued leverage usage.

👀 Traders appear cautious, entering fewer high-risk futures bets. This signals a shift from peak speculation toward steadier, possibly more institutional-driven activity.

This more balanced stance can reduce the likelihood of sudden price collapses driven by mass liquidations (like last time in 2022) 🐻

#FAQ

One whale bought more than 340,000 Ethereum coins in the last 4 days worth over $1 billion dollars 🛫

Does he know something we don’t? 👀