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Will BTC Shine Before Christmas? – Crypto News

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Bitcoin and the broader crypto market rapidly reversed course in response to the US Federal Reserve’s announcement of a 50-basis-point increase in interest rates, erasing any gains made before the disclosure.

The Federal Reserve has been steadily raising interest rates in an effort to ease the economy and rein in inflation, which has driven prices of basic commodities to record highs.

Yesterday, Bitcoin’s price reached a one-month high and had a brief recovery of positive momentum, but a conservative report from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and remarks from Fed chair Jerome Powell drove BTC to an intraday low of $17,659.

A Whipsaw For Bitcoin After Fed Disclosure

According to TradingView data, the BTC price saw a bit of a whipsaw in response to the central bank announcement, rising to an intraday high of $18,377 before falling to a low of $17,663 in a few hours before bulls pushed it back up above the $17,800. support.

Prior to Powell’s announcement, the key indexes were in the green zone; however, they plunged into the red zone afterwards. At the close of trading, the Dow Jones, Nasdaq, and S&P were all painted in crimson.

Powell told members of the press on Wednesday afternoon that “we have more work to do” and that “inflation risks are on the upside.”

Coingecko statistics indicates at the time of writing that Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) values ​​have fallen by more than 2.7% in the last hour and are currently trading at $17,717 and $1,292 apiece.

In the past 24 hours, the market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies declined by 1.42 percent to $857.98 billion, representing a decline of $85.72 billion. The overall crypto market volume during this timeframe has decreased by 14.40%, reaching $45.67 billion, based on latest data.

BTC total market cap at $341 billion. Chart: TradingView.com

The Experts’ Crystal Ball: BTC Price For 2023

In its Crypto Outlook For 2023 report by Forbes Advisor, it predicts that Bitcoin’s price could decline to $13,560 in 2023, given that the crypto’s reputation has been severely damaged by the problems and scandals of 2022 and that broader markets are suffering.

Jim Wyckoff, a senior technical analyst at Kitco, has a different take: he said that Bitcoin’s surge to $18,377 indicates a five-week high, which actually signals optimism in the crypto’s price trajectory.

According to Wyckoff, this week’s price action has created a bullish “upside breakout” from a “choppy and sideways trading range” on the daily chart, indicating the emergence of a price upswing.

For his part, renowned analyst like Michael van de Poppe says that the market has already reached its bottom and that a Bitcoin relief bounce is in the offing.

Meanwhile, the question that arises now is whether the current market turmoil will persist into the new year, and if so — when the crypto winter’s frozen edges might begin to thaw.

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