{"id":396555,"date":"2019-09-19T13:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T13:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=396555"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:25:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:25:35","slug":"bitcoin-surrenders-post-fed-rate-cut-pullback-awaited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bitcoin-surrenders-post-fed-rate-cut-pullback-awaited\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Surrenders Post Fed Rate Cut; Pullback Awaited"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin slipped below $10,000 on Thursday after the Federal Reserve cut benchmark lending rates by 25 basis points.<\/p>\n

The BTC\/USD instrument settled a new session low towards $9,585.86 on San Francisco-based Coinbase exchange. That brought the pair’s week-to-date losses close to 7 percent.<\/p>\n

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Bitcoin price slips following the Federal Reserve’s announcement of a rate cut | Image credits: TradingView.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hawkish Fed Bad for Bitcoin<\/h2>\n

The move downhill occurred despite the presence of so-called bullish catalysts, mainly the recent drone attacks on Saudi Arabia oil production facilities<\/a> that choked the world’s oil supply by 5 percent. The latest rate cut announcement and its immediate impact on bitcoin\u00a0are reminiscent of how investors are not treating the cryptocurrency bitcoin as a safe-haven asset in the times of macroeconomic and geopolitical crisis.<\/p>\n

Bulls, nevertheless, see bitcoin at new highs in the coming times. According to Arthur Hayes, the CEO & co-founder of controversial crypto-derivatives exchange BitMEX, bitcoin would surge to $20,000 after taking cues from the Fed’s dovish sentiment.<\/p>\n

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QE4eva is coming. Once the Fed gets religion again, get ready for #bitcoin<\/a> $20,000. https:\/\/t.co\/gCBgaernYv<\/a><\/p>\n

— Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) September 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n