{"id":591535,"date":"2026-04-29T19:34:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/bitcoin-falls-as-traders-cut-risk-ahead-of-fomc-will-tradfi-spot-etf-volumes-bolster-70k-support\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T19:34:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:34:05","slug":"bitcoin-falls-as-traders-cut-risk-ahead-of-fomc-will-tradfi-spot-etf-volumes-bolster-70k-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/bitcoin-falls-as-traders-cut-risk-ahead-of-fomc-will-tradfi-spot-etf-volumes-bolster-70k-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin falls as traders cut risk ahead of FOMC: Will TradFi, spot ETF volumes bolster $70K support?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9wYXlsb2FkLmx1bS10cmkub3JnL2FwaS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9maWxlL0hJJTIwQml0Z2V0JTIwcmVzZWFyY2glMjBhcnRpY2xlJTIwMzUwJTJDMDAwJTIwQ3J5cHRvJTIwQ3VycmVuY3klMjBUcmFkZXJzJTIwaW4lMjBKYXBhbiUyMEJpdEdldCUyMFJlc2VhcmNoLmpwZz9wcmVmaXg9bWVkaWElMkZhcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycw==.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin falls as traders cut risk ahead of FOMC: Will TradFi, spot ETF volumes bolster $70K support?\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin price volatility tends to spike before and after the FOMC, a pattern that is playing out this week. Will institutional investor BTC buying protect the $70,000 support?<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BTC<\/a>) fell from its local high at $79,500 as traders repositioned ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Historical data shows that since the start of 2025, BTC has corrected seven out of 10 times after an interest rate cut.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s reaction to interest rate cut decisions in 2025 and 2026 shows a clear pattern. The price often moved higher in the days before the meeting, followed by negative returns afterward, as illustrated in the chart.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-stalls-under-76k-as-traders-risk-off-ahead-of-fomc\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin price volatility tends to spike before and after the FOMC, a pattern that is playing out this week. Will institutional investor BTC buying protect the $70,000 support? Bitcoin (BTC) fell from its local high at $79,500 as traders repositioned ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday. Historical data shows that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-591535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}