Bitcoin price settles at .5K as key Fed inflation week dawns

Bitcoin (BTC) closed the week of September 17 at $26,500 after new September highs gave way to calmer conditions.

BTC/USD 1 hour chart. Source: TradingView

Bitcoin avoids weekly end-of-week volatility

Data comes from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and trading view Showing that Bitcoin price performance stabilized over the weekend.

Two days ago, the largest cryptocurrency rose to $26,880, its highest level so far this month.

Summarizing the status of the Binance BTC/USD order book, prominent trader and analyst Credible Crypto noted that large bid liquidity is boosting the market.

“There’s some seller absorption happening here – that level is protected,” he wrote in a comment on X (formerly Twitter).

Amid the consolidation, trader Crypto Tony looks at two potential scenarios – regardless, $26,000 remains support.

“I’m still looking for a dip to $26,100 and look for a rebound to trigger a long move,” he Tell There are X subscribers that day.

“Either that, or if we just retrace the highs of $26,600, I’d be long.”

BTC/USD annotated chart. Source: CryptoTony/X

Trader Skew took a closer look at the exchange’s behavior, highlighting a specific short-term trend among traders, namely physical physical sell-off rallies.

Can the FOMC change the BTC price range?

Beyond the weekly close, cryptocurrency market participants are eagerly awaiting key macroeconomic events from the Federal Reserve next week.

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The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will hold a meeting on September 20 to decide on the benchmark interest rate, and the market generally expects that the benchmark interest rate will not change.

CME Group FedWatch Tool The probability of something unexpected happening is only 2%.

Fed target interest rate probability chart.Source: CME Group

However, as Cointelegraph reported, Bitcoin has cooled off its knee-jerk reaction to macro data recently, and heading into the FOMC, some believed the status quo would remain unchanged.

“Next week’s FOMC and interest rate decisions should spark some volatility, but in the short term BTC will likely continue to trade between $25,000 and $27,000…” Popular trader Crypto Santa Summarize Part of recent X comments.

BTC/USD annotated chart. Source: CryptoSanta/X

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