Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP Dip Ahead of Fed Minutes
Major cryptocurrencies slid as investors awaited January Fed meeting minutes, while an analyst said Bitcoin is nearing a potential buy zone.
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Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and Dogecoin slid even as U.S. stocks finished higher—classic split-risk behavior as traders braced for the Federal Reserve’s January meeting minutes. One analyst cut through the selloff with a contrarian tell: Bitcoin is nearing a zone where they’d “fancy” buying some.
That contrast is the signal. When crypto sells off into a macro catalyst while equities hold up, it’s rarely “random weakness”—it’s liquidity anxiety meeting leverage, waiting for the Fed’s wording to decide who gets forced out and who gets paid.
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