Bitcoin maintains $40K support as Fed confirms rate hike in 4 years

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Bitcoin (BTC) held $40,000 connected March 17 aft an anticipated cardinal involvement complaint hike from the Federal Reserve delivered a beardown response.

Fed singles retired Ukraine warfare successful ostentation comments

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD climbing to section highs of $41,500 aft the Fed announced it would rise rates by 25 ground points to 0.5% — the archetypal specified determination since 2018.

The Federal Open Market Committe (FOMC) voted astir unanimously for the raise, with an accompanying statement informing of persisting "upward unit connected inflation" acknowledgment specifically to the warfare successful Ukraine.

"The penetration of Ukraine by Russia is causing tremendous quality and economical hardship," it read.

"The implications for the U.S. system are highly uncertain, but successful the adjacent word the penetration and related events are apt to make further upward unit connected ostentation and measurement connected economical activity."

Going forward, determination would beryllium further hikes, the FOMC continued, and the Fed would statesman reducing its plus holdings successful a bid to alteration its grounds precocious equilibrium sheet.

"The Committee's assessments volition instrumentality into relationship a wide scope of information, including readings connected nationalist health, labour marketplace conditions, ostentation pressures and ostentation expectations, and fiscal and planetary developments," the connection added astir imaginable aboriginal changes to policy.

After its archetypal bullish reaction, Bitcoin consolidated higher overnight, inactive circling $41,000 astatine the clip of writing.

For Cointelegraph contributor Michaël van de Poppe, the country conscionable beneath $40,000 was present indispensable to flip to support.

"The bully absorption of the markets here, successful which it broke done $39.6K," helium told Twitter followers connected the day.

"Next volition beryllium the question of whether we tin expanse the $42K high. That would unfastened the gates towards the $46K barrier. Crucial to hold; $39.6K country for Bitcoin."

Those levels were already good established arsenic rungs connected the ladder spanning Bitcoin's 2022 trading scope betwixt $33,000 and $46,000, with an expert this week arguing that lone a determination extracurricular the apical oregon bottommost bound would beryllium significant.

Asia markets support gaining connected China pledges

On accepted markets, optimism besides remained, with China fuelling a comeback for Asian equities with promises of favorable argumentation changes.

"Hang Sang Tech Index jumps 7.8% to widen betterment aft Beijing capitulated to mkts," commentator Holger Zschaepitz summarized.

"Previously, China didn’t attraction if occidental investors couldn’t put there. But it does request capital, & it doesn’t request collapse. So, connected Wed connection went retired that China to beryllium mkt-friendly."

Gold besides looked promising, reversing immoderate of its comedown from earlier highs supra $2,000.