{"id":391741,"date":"2019-07-31T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=391741"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:46:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:46:08","slug":"bitcoin-rises-as-markets-expect-decades-first-fed-rate-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bitcoin-rises-as-markets-expect-decades-first-fed-rate-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Rises as Markets Expect Decade’s First Fed Rate Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"

The bitcoin price was higher on Wednesday morning as investors prepared themselves for the outcome of the Federal Reserve’s meeting later in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

At around 07:00 UTC, the BTC\/USD instrument established a local high of $9,814.61, up close to 3 percent in the previous 24 hours. Futures on CME were also up by 2.31 percent. Bitcoin’s upside also influenced other cryptocurrencies to follow suit, with Ethereum, XRP, Litecoin, and Binance Coin surging in the range of 2-3 percent. Bitcoin Cash, meanwhile, registered profits of more than 5.5 percent, the highest in the top ten crypto\u00a0index.<\/p>\n

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Bitcoin Price Up 3 Percent in the Last 24 Hours | Image Credits: Coinbase, TradingView.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rate Cut<\/h2>\n

The US central bank expects to cut interest rates for the first time in a decade. It will likely announce its decision at 14:00 ET with chairman Jerome Powell cataloged to hold a press conference at 14:30 ET.\u00a0Market expectations indicate a quarter-point rate cut.<\/p>\n

The proposed move from the Fed has sent the US stock index futures higher in tandem with bitcoin. Nevertheless, issues arising from the US-China trade war is capping the profits, at least of the US stocks. President Donald Trump said in a string of tweets that China is not keeping its promise to purchase US agricultural products. On the other hand, China denied the accusation, saying it is making those purchases.<\/p>\n

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China is doing very badly, worst year in 27 – was supposed to start buying our agricultural product now – no signs that they are doing so. That is the problem with China, they just don\u2019t come through. Our Economy has become MUCH larger than the Chinese Economy is last 3 years….<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n