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โก HALF THE FED JUST SAID "RATE HIKE" โ AND CRYPTO TRADERS ARE NOT READY ๐ณ
Buried in Wednesday's FOMC release is a stat that's bigger than the "hold" headline: 9 out of 18 Fed officials who submitted projections are now penciling in at least one rate hike before the end of 2026. That's a full HALF of the committee flipping from "maybe cuts" to "hikes are on the table" in a single quarter.
Even stranger โ new Chair Kevin Warsh didn't submit his own dot at all, leaving traders guessing exactly where he stands. The median year-end rate forecast jumped to 3.8%, up from 3.4% back in March, and futures markets are now pricing in real odds of an October hike.
This is the dot plot flipping from dovish to defensive in record time, driven by sticky inflation and a labor market that refuses to crack. For risk assets like crypto, "higher for longer" just became "higher, period" โ at least for now.
Is the market underpricing this hawkish shift? ๐