Bitcoin dips below $80,000 after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh reaffirms 2% inflation target
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Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole remarks underscored that inflation is not meaningfully easing and that policy may need to stay tighter for longer. Short-dated Treasury yields jumped and fed funds futures repriced, lifting the implied probability of a September hike above 50%. The resulting tightening in financial conditions pressured rate-sensitive risk assets, with bitcoin slipping back below $80,000 and broader risk-on momentum cooling.
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● High
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BTC/USDT-3.26%
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▼ Bearish
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Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said inflation is not meaningfully slowing and stressed policymakers must be confident it is moving toward the Fed’s 2% target, or the central bank still has “work to do.” After the remarks, short-term U.S. Treasury yields jumped and markets lifted the implied probability of a September rate hike to above 50%. Risk assets came under pressure, pulling bitcoin back below $80,000.
