Why the drop?



Most likely because the Federal Reserve announced its interest rate decision at 2 AM, keeping rates unchanged—that would've been fine on its own, but the dot plot also suggested zero rate cuts possible in 2026.

Once the hawkish signals came out, risk assets completely collapsed.

Not just BTC; gold and silver tanked too. Silver flash crashed 10%, gold broke below 4600.

This is a systematic selloff, not a crypto-specific issue.

But there's an interesting detail

Institutions are still buying.

MicroStrategy spent $2.85 billion over the past two weeks and bought over 40,000 BTC.

Now holding 760,000 coins, just 20,000 behind Grayscale#加密行情震荡
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MasterChuTheOldDemonMasterChuvip
· 2h ago
2026 Go Go Go 👊
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Erwa'sCryptocurrencyTradingvip
· 5h ago
Happy New Year 🧨
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Erwa'sCryptocurrencyTradingvip
· 5h ago
Wishing you great wealth in the Year of the Horse 🐴
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Erwa'sCryptocurrencyTradingvip
· 5h ago
Happy New Year 🧨
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Erwa'sCryptocurrencyTradingvip
· 5h ago
2026 Go Go Go 👊
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