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Fed Rate Cut Decision LIVE: How Markets Reacted to the Fed Decision Today

CRYPTO 101

Bryce Paul & Brendan Viehman

Business News, Business, Tech News, Investing, News

4.3841 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Crypto Rundown, Tevo and Brian react live to the Federal Reserve’s rate decision and what could be Jerome Powell’s final press conference. They break down macro uncertainty, inflation risks, and why markets may remain choppy despite Bitcoin showing relative strength. The episode mixes real-time analysis with prediction market bets, highlighting how traders position around major economic events. They close by discussing what Powell’s tone means for markets, the transition to a new Fed chair, and why volatility could create buying opportunities in the months ahead.


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Chapters


00:00 - Intro: Fed decision day and Powell’s possible final meeting

02:20 - What to expect from Powell’s tone and market reaction

05:00 - Market overview: stocks down, crypto holding steady

08:30 - Macro risks: oil, inflation, and hidden volatility

12:00 - Why Bitcoin still looks strong vs broader markets

16:00 - Prediction market bets and Fed press conference setup

20:00 - Powell speaks: initial reaction and key signals

31:30 - Markets react live to Fed commentary

45:00 - Final takeaways: rates, inflation, and macro outlook

01:10:00 - Closing thoughts: new Fed chair and what’s next


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Transcript

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0:00.0

All right, everybody, welcome back to the Crypto 101 podcast federal rate cut decision spectacular.

0:16.3

We haven't gotten to do one in a couple Fed days because we've had a lot going on inside the community and traveling and in person stuff.

0:24.5

It just didn't line up.

0:25.4

But we're back for this one.

0:27.1

And as we should be, joined by my friend Brian for Fed Chair Powell's last, last rate decision, last press conference, unless something wild happens with the Kevin

0:38.8

Warsh nomination, which seems to be originally, I think there was a lot of political

0:43.7

polarization around that. It seems to be going forward a little bit more smoothly than most

0:48.3

people thought. Obviously, the current president administration has been an odds with Fed

0:53.0

Chair Powell over the last

0:54.4

year at least. So it kind of gave it maybe a little bit rocky politicization of the worst decision.

1:01.0

But I think Worse has had a good press conference. Of course, with the support of a friend of the show,

1:05.4

Larry Fitzgerald, sitting behind him in that news conference the other week. That looks like

1:10.7

it's going to go through. Polymarket odds are the betting market odds are showing that Warsh is going to get passed without much pushback. So this should be Fed Chair Pals' last decision. Here's what we're going to do. It's 215. We're going to give 15 minutes. We'll do like a quick little market update. Then we're going to really focus 2.30.

1:28.7

So in 13 minutes, the press conference starts.

1:33.1

So we're going to tune into that.

1:34.3

We'll listen to it together like we've done in the past.

1:37.4

And then on the back end of that, we'll react to it.

1:40.2

We'll see how markets react.

1:41.2

I think the official decision out, there is no movement on the Fed rates, which everybody knew that was as expected. But it all comes down to the press conference. And I guess, Brian, as I handed off to you for your initial takes, it does. It feels like it's a monumentous one just because this last one. But then I don't know. It'll be interesting to see how the

2:02.1

market reacts because he's on his way out, right? So I don't know how much he'll stir he could

2:08.0

or would or even want to stir the pot before he leaves. Yeah, I think that's a good call out.

2:13.6

It's definitely going to see what Powell's tone is going to be like on this press conference.

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