COINDESK DAILY: Could Bitcoin Surge If Fed Ends QT?
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🗓️ 19 March 2025
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision.
The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates steady, but the focus will be on whether they will end quantitative tightening, which could boost risk assets like bitcoin. Plus, Japan's central bank leaves interest rates unchanged and Microsoft warns of malware targeting crypto wallets. CoinDesk's Christine Lee hosts CoinDesk Daily.
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| 0:49.8 | All eyes on the Federal Reserve. It's Wednesday, March 19th, 2025. I'm Christine Lee. This is Coindess Daily. |
| 1:02.3 | The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates the same at 4.5% to 4.5% at the conclusion |
| 1:08.9 | of their Wednesday meeting and the focus will be on the future |
| 1:12.5 | of the quantitative tightening program. Traders at decentralized betting platform |
| 1:16.9 | polymarkets see a 100% chance that the Fed will end the QT program before May. The end of QT |
| 1:23.5 | could signal a new monetary regime potentially supporting risk assets, including Bitcoin. |
| 1:29.0 | Gains, however, could be tempered by potential stagflationary adjustments in the Fed's summary |
| 1:34.1 | of economic projections due to inflation and economic growth risks posed by U.S. President |
| 1:39.5 | Donald Trump's tariff war. |
| 1:42.0 | Meanwhile, Japan's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate steady at half a percent. |
| 1:47.0 | The decision limits pressure on Bitcoin's price as a stronger yen and rising yields, which |
| 1:52.0 | attract capital to traditional assets, are kept in check. |
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