Monetary Policy

Whale stablecoin inflows to crypto exchanges have collapsed from $63 billion at the 2025 market peak to $25 billion, a two-year low last seen in November 2024, according to CryptoQuant data. The decline signals reduced investor intent to buy cryptocurrencies, as stablecoin transfers to exchanges

According to CryptoQuant, whale stablecoin inflows to exchanges collapsed from $63 billion at the 2025 market peak to just $25 billion as of July 30, marking a two-year low last seen in November 2024. This metric signals reduced investor intent to purchase crypto, as large investors typically move s

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve voted 9 to 3 to hold its benchmark rate at 3.5% to 3.75%, with regional presidents from Cleveland, Minneapolis, and Dallas dissenting in favor of a hike. The split marked the most contested vote under Chair Kevin Warsh, and his refusal to signal the central bank's n

In Beijing time in the early hours of July 30, the U.S. Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) released its latest interest rate decision, keeping the target range for the federal funds rate unchanged at 3.50% to 3.75%. This marked the Fed’s fifth consecutive meeting since January this year in holding policy steady. However, the real focus for the market is not the “no rate hike” itself. After the decision was released, Bitcoin surged from about $63,700 to near the $64,700 intrad

Bitcoin (BTC) gives back the overnight gains, trading at around $63,719 as of July 30. Trump’s crypto adviser Patrick Veitch rejected a developer proposal for the “CLARITY Act,” adding new clauses that delete provisions that could protect developers from criminal prosecution in certain situations. Tether’s compliance stablecoin USA₮ (USAT) has officially launched on the Celo mainnet, marking its second mainnet deployment after Ethereum. Macro Events & Crypto Hotspots 1、According to CryptoPotato,

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) officially released its FOMC interest rate decision on July 30, with a vote of 9 in favor and 3 against, keeping the target range for the federal funds rate unchanged at 3.50% to 3.75%—marking the fifth consecutive meeting with no change. After the decision was announced, US stocks reversed from losses to gains, and Bitcoin (BTC) briefly broke above $64,000, but as of the time of reporting it had fallen back to about $63,725. FOMC decision outcome: 9 to 3 to keep rat

From 00:30 to 00:45 (UTC) on July 30, 2026, ETH fell 0.75% within 15 minutes, trading between 1896.7 and 1911.31 USDT, with an amplitude of 0.76%. The overall market is in a wait-and-see mood ahead of the Fed Interest Rate Decision. Trading volume is only 8,335 units, with low participation. This is a mild pullback rather than panic selling. The main driver behind this move is the spread of market risk-avoidance sentiment ahead of the Fed Interest Rate Decision. Wall Street expects the Fed to ke

According to The Block on July 30, Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered national bank, stated that the Federal Reserve's proposed payment account cannot replace traditional master accounts. In its comment letter, Anchorage said the proposed account lacks FedACH access, imposes overnight

According to Coinglass and the Federal Open Market Committee, on July 29, Bitcoin surged to $64,400 after the Fed voted to hold interest rates unchanged at 3.5%-3.75%. The cryptocurrency had earlier dropped to $63,700 following geopolitical tensions before recovering on the rate decision. Across the

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 3.5%–3.75% on Wednesday, meeting near-universal market expectations. Bitcoin dipped around 1% to $63,890 following the announcement while Ethereum fell by about 1%, trading just above $1,900. The hold reflects persistent inflation above the Fed's 2%

Citadel Securities, a US financial giant managing $67 billion in assets, argues the Fed will surprise markets by raising interest rates by 25 basis points ahead of the Fed's interest rate decision. Frank Flight, Head of Macro Strategy at Citadel Securities, stated that Federal Reserve Chairman

According to BlockBeats, on July 30 following the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision announcement, crypto markets rebounded sharply. Bitcoin rose 0.7% while Ethereum gained 1.15% in the hours after the decision. U.S. equities showed mixed performance: the Dow Jones fell 1.09%, the S&P 500

According to Gate data, following the Federal Reserve rate decision on July 29, the three major U.S. stock indices narrowed losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.09%, the S&P 500 declined 0.15%, while the Nasdaq Composite turned

According to a comment letter filed this week, Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered national bank, criticized the Federal Reserve's proposed payment account structure, saying it does not serve as a viable substitute for master accounts. The bank stated that while it supports efforts to

According to Decrypt, Ethereum fell 1.53% to $1,890 on Wednesday (July 29), retreating from a session high of $1,926 as traders paused ahead of the Federal Reserve's rate decision. Spot ETH ETFs attracted $14.53 million in inflows today, extending three consecutive weeks of net positive flows

Bitcoin fell 3% to $63,300 over the past week while July's average daily spot trading volume reached $2.2 billion, the lowest level since November 2023, according to K33 research firm. The decline reflects muted activity across spot and derivatives markets during what K33 Head of Research Vetle

At 12:00 a.m. on July 30 (Beijing time), the Fed will release its July FOMC meeting decision. This will be the second FOMC meeting since Fed Chair Kevin Wosch took office, and it may well be the most difficult to predict in recent years. The CME FedWatch tool shows that, as of July 29, the probability that the market is pricing in the Fed keeping the policy rate unchanged in the 3.50% to 3.75% range is 70.6%, and the probability of a 25-basis-point rate hike is 29.4%. This probability structure

According to prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket, the U.S. Federal Reserve's upcoming meeting is expected to feature at least two dissenting votes against maintaining rates, likely from hawkish policymakers Hammarck and Logan. Kalshi data shows both officials have around 58% probability of

Bitcoin's price climbed above $66,000 in mid-July as US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded approximately $980 million in net inflows from July 14 to 22, reversing a sharp $425 million outflow on July 13. The recovery has reignited market debate over three factors supporting a second-half rally thesis:

According to Paysafe Investors, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $980 million in net inflows from July 14 to 22, reversing earlier outflows. However, this recovery follows a $4.9 billion net outflow in Q2, suggesting limited institutional rebound so far. The Bitcoin market is also watching the Federal