
Bitcoin Stalls Below $63K as Fed Hold Weighs on Risk Assets
Bitcoin is trading near $62,750, down 4.1% over the trailing seven days. The Federal Reserve's hold at 3.5%-3.75% is the key ceiling for near-term crypto upside.
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Bitcoin is trading near $62,750, down 4.1% over the trailing seven days. The Federal Reserve's hold at 3.5%-3.75% is the key ceiling for near-term crypto upside.

Bitcoin closed July at $64,295, up 9% from June lows but at half its ATH. Spot ETF demand hit its weakest monthly reading since launch while on-chain whale accumulation reached 270,000 BTC over 30 days. Here is what the data says heading into August.

Fed Chair Warsh delivered the most hawkish FOMC signal since 2016, holding rates at 3.5%-3.75% with three dissenters calling for an immediate hike. Bitcoin dropped to $63,898 and the question now is whether the seven-session, $981 million ETF inflow streak survives the shift in rate expectations.

Bitcoin held near $63,978 on Thursday as markets digested the Fed's July 29 rate hold at 3.5%-3.75% alongside a hawkish press conference that pushed 10-year Treasury yields to 4.677%.

Bitcoin dropped to $63,200 as South Korea's Kospi plunged 11.5% on an AI chip selloff and the U.S. Senate shelved the Crypto Clarity Act.

Bitcoin fell 3.1% to $63,381 on FOMC day as spot ETF flows reversed on July 24. On-chain whale accumulation of 270,000 BTC and 7-year-low exchange reserves point the other direction. Here is what the data says.

Iran's IRGC formally codified a $1-per-barrel Bitcoin toll on Strait of Hormuz oil transits in March 2026. US-Iran ceasefire negotiations are now testing whether that toll survives or collapses, and the outcome matters for both crude and crypto markets.

Spot BTC ETFs recorded record June outflows of $4.06 billion. July brought a partial recovery, then sharp reversals. On-chain accumulation and the CLARITY Act vote on August 10 are the signals that matter now.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs logged a seventh consecutive day of net inflows on July 22, with BlackRock's IBIT leading a pattern that carries institutional weight. Here is what the data shows.

Bitcoin hit $66,400 on July 21, a five-week high, on five consecutive days of ETF inflows totaling $727 million and Clarity Act progress. Here are the five signals to watch.

Bitcoin rose 2.5% to $65,699 on July 21 as spot ETF inflows stabilize. Ethereum surged 4% to $1,929 on a record $489M single-day ETHA inflow from BlackRock.

Animoca co-founder Yat Siu argues blockchain is the only financial system that can serve AI agents. With 50-200B agents projected by 2031, Ethereum and stablecoins are the structural beneficiaries.