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The post Why Bitcoin Price Could Reach $88,000 Despite Rising Odds Of Fed Rate Hikes appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bitcoin (BTC) price might reach $88,000 because it is currently 11.2% lower than the ETF Flow Impact Score (EFIS). But the move here is facing an obstacle of a potential increase in interest rates by the Federal Reserve. The odds of this happening are now at 49% despite Kevin Warsh taking over the helm of the Fed after Jerome Powell’s term ends today, May 15. Bitcoin traded at $80,069 at the time of writing with a 0.35% gain. Odds of Fed Rate Hikes Soar as Jerome Powell’s Tenure Ends Data from the CME FedWatch Tool shows that there is a 49% chance that the Fed will increase interest rates between October and December 2026. 26.7% expect the Fed to increase rates by 25 basis points in October, while 2.8% expect a 50% hike. As for December, 38% expect a 25% basis point hike while 9% expect a 50 basis point increase. These increasing odds come even as Powell, who has be
Read full articleLombard migrates over $1B in Bitcoin-backed assets to Chainlink CCIP after reviewing cross chain security. The post Lombard migrates over $1 billion in Bitcoin backed assets to Chainlink CCIP appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
BTC bounced 2.24% off TBO fast line support, but $81,788 and the $82K breakout zone remain untested. Weekend risks and RSI weakness complicate the picture. Bitcoin closed up 2.24% Thursday after bouncing off the daily TBO fast line. Traders noticed. The question is whether price can now do something with it. According to MooninPapa on […] The post Bitcoin’s 2.24% Bounce Means Nothing Until It Clears This One Level appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.
The post Strategy’s STRC Daily Trading Volume Hits $1.5B Amid Bitcoin Buying Push appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The STRC.live tracker indicates that based on Thursday’s performance, the firm has the potential to generate $735.4 million. Without diluting ordinary shares, Stretch allows investors to receive an 11.5% dividend. On Thursday, the trading volume of Strategy’s perpetual preferred stock, STRC, reached a new high of $1.5 billion. STRC is the principal instrument via which Strategy plans to finance its Bitcoin acquisitions in 2026. Volume hits record high. Michael Saylor, chairman, mentioned Strategy’s Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock, which has $1.53 billion of liquidity. Without diluting ordinary shares, Stretch allows investors to receive an 11.5% dividend. Perpetual Preferred Stock Gains Traction The STRC.live tracker indicates that based on Thursday’s performance, the firm has the potential to generate $735.4 million, which could be used to buy
The post May Week 3 Bitcoin & Ethereum Options Set To Expire appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. About $2.63 billion in BTC and ETH options are expiring on Deribit, making May 15 a key derivatives event. Bitcoin’s $2.01 billion expiry cluster has a max pain level at $80,000, with a moderately bullish put/call ratio of 0.59. Ethereum’s expiry is smaller in value but more concentrated, with 11% of open interest expiring and a lower put/call ratio of 0.40. The crypto derivatives market is bracing for a shift as approximately $2.63 billion in Bitcoin and Ethereum options are set to expire today, May 15, 2026. As the clock ticks toward the 08:00 UTC settlement on Deribit, the largest crypto options exchange, the market appears to be caught in a classic “tug-of-war” between neutral spot movement and rising institutional positioning. While Bitcoin has spent the week oscillating around the psychological and technical anchor of $80,000, the broader market sentiment remains unexpectedly subdue
Strategy, the world’s first and largest Bitcoin Treasury led by its founder Michael Saylor, recently resumed its weekly BTC buying spree after pausing purchases ahead of its earnings call on May 5. With the company now in buying mode, Saylor predicts Bitcoin’s price will rise 30% annually over the next 20 years. If that happens, […]
The post Crypto Trading Bots in 2026: How AI Tools Help Traders Automate Bitcoin and Altcoin Strategies appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Crypto trading in 2026 is no longer just about watching charts and reacting quickly. Bitcoin moves around macro news, ETF flows, liquidity shifts, and market sentiment. Altcoins move even faster, often reacting to exchange listings, token unlocks, whale activity, ecosystem updates, and social momentum. A trader can have the right market view and still miss the trade because crypto does not wait for normal working hours. That is why crypto trading bots are becoming a serious part of the modern trading workflow. For Bitcoin traders, bots can help automate DCA plans, track key price levels, follow trend signals, and manage entries more consistently. For altcoin traders, bots can help monitor multiple pairs, react to signals faster, and manage volatile market moves without watching every chart manually. AI tools make this workflow more useful. Instead
The post Markets raise odds for Federal Reserve rate hike after inflation report appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The rate cut party that markets spent all of 2024 anticipating has officially been uninvited. Fresh inflation data has pushed traders to price in something that seemed unthinkable just months ago: the Federal Reserve might actually raise interest rates. US headline CPI climbed to 3.8% year-over-year in April, hitting a nearly three-year high. Paired with March’s PCE reading, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, showing headline inflation at 3.5% and core PCE at 3.2%, the picture becomes harder to ignore. The pivot from pivot Market predictions currently indicate a 44% chance of a Fed rate hike before July 2027. Perhaps more telling, traders see no cuts happening before that date either. Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee has acknowledged that rate hikes are now on the table as a policy option. That’s notable because Goolsbee has generally been considered one of the m
The post Euro falls as hawkish Fed expectations boost the US Dollar, Treasury yields appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The Euro (EUR) extends losses against the US Dollar (USD) on Friday, with EUR/USD slipping to near one-month lows as hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed) expectations boost the Greenback and US Treasury yields. At the time of writing, the pair is trading around 1.1626 and is poised to close the week in negative territory. Higher energy prices linked to supply disruptions in the Middle East continue to deteriorate the inflation outlook across major economies. In the United States, inflation accelerated sharply for a second consecutive month in April, while consumer spending remained resilient. The latest batch of US economic data strengthened expectations that the Fed could keep borrowing costs unchanged in the coming months as policymakers assess the broader impact of rising energy prices on inflation. However, traders are growing more confident that the Fed could raise in
