Here s why Bitcoin is stuck below $80,000 and what Powell s FOMC meeting did for BTC price

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crypto" class="cross-link" data-cross="1">Bitcoin entered yesterday's Fed decision already capped below a dense on-chain supply zone, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's press conference gave buyers little reason to push through it. The Federal Reserve kept the target range at 3.5%-3.75% and explicitly linked elevated inflation to higher global energy prices, citing the tensions in the Middle East as [ ] The post Here s why Bitcoin is stuck bel
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