So, the chances of the Fed cutting rates are now at 100%, and people are feeling pretty good about it. A lot of folks are saying this could kick off the next altseason. Exchanges are getting in on the action too Binance has some trading leagues happening, Bybit's got referral-based contests, OKX is doing copy-trading competitions, and Bitget is celebrating its 7th Anniversary with an altcoin team trading event where they’re giving away $30k.
These times really put your strategy to the test:
Are you gonna swing trade the ups and downs?
Hodl and go with the bigger trend?
Or just grab some rewards from exchange events while waiting for the big moves?
Not giving financial advice here, just wondering how everyone is gearing up for what might be the start of something major.
Im hoping we see cryptocurrencies rise as we approach it & continue to pump after the FOMC next week. It seems likely we will see the Fed cut rates at least another one time before New Year. I really hope that after most of 2025 being kinda flat, we can all get the blow off top that we were promised at the end of the year. I am waiting, ready to act if this bull run really kicks off.
I tjink the rate cut odds sure have everyone hyped at the moment, but I think this is where discipline matters most because one wrong move in the market can affect your portfolio in a deep way. as for me i am not going to be chasing every pump!! i will just get into position strategically and be patient in case the market sells the news before i get trapped in a wrong zone. for now i feel swing trades can be a bit profitable if you catch the volatility early enough, but they also demand constant monitoring, which is not for everyone. as for exchange events they are good for stacking small wins, but I see them more as side hustles rather than a main strategy. my main focus is always long term hodling solid projects with a bit more transparency, then using short term volatility to add to those bags with cool little moves. but as usual FOMO is the real enemy here but as long as risk management is applied the losses will always be small.
Such a thing has absolutely no effects on the cryptocurrency market in the short term considering it is too local (US related and not global) and it is going to mainly affect the US markets (assuming they cut rates now or any time in the future).
In the long run as cutting rates at this point would lead to higher inflation, that can help the bitcoin price go up. And if that leads to a bull run that lasts longer than a couple of weeks then we can expect the altcoin market to see some rises as well as "newbie money" comes into it.
I agree with you here, mate. But the US main goal is to attract handsome money into their country, and they are acting like a greedy entity, as I feel. The Trump administration just wants these rate cuts to be lower so that whatever money they have invested will be converted into a handsome amount of profit. You know how much the trump administration is involved in the crypto space, that is why I feel that the trump administration just wants the rate cuts to be lower in the coming Fed announcement. This will give some relaxation to the investors, and then they will start to enter the market heavily.
And, this is also the reason why the Trump administration is giving higher rate cuts priority over inflation, just like you said. If this happens, then the chances are higher of an increase in the inflation rate. CMIIW! What do you say? Any opinion or suggestion on this? Your opinion is highly welcome on this for me.
Federal Rate Cut only shows having implications on the centralized business and economy controlled by the government, because whenever any news are coming, they first tend to seat and analyze how it could impact the economy and not having a direct impact on the decentralized network with bitcoin, so whatever impact it gives, it more of the general economy decision making process and we felt the impact there and not on bitcoin mostly.
Honestly, Im torn. Part of me wants to just sit tight and let the macro do its thing, but when you see all these exchanges gamifying the hype trading leagues, referral pushes, anniversary promos it feels like leaving free chips on the table if you dont at least dabble. Im not chasing every contest, but Ill probably split it: small swings for the adrenaline, stack a few event rewards, and keep my core bag untouched. Curious if anyone here actually went all-in on those Binance leagues?
My friend keeps on asking about this because he's holding some altcoins that I don't even hold. But I've told him that he should anticipate nothing about the rate cut. Because what the groups he's part of tells is about the potential massive pump from the alts, I've said that no one knows if that will be the actual effect of it. If so, then that's good for his holdings but it's best not to assume that much.
Expectations are high and a lot of investors are beginning to put their money down where their hope and trusts are the fed rate caught is a big chance that could see the next leg of the stock market increase and fundamentally Bitcoin and all other altcoins with good potential will begin to peak, alot of speculation is beginning to create a fomo in the market lately and the FMC is one of such reasons why there have been speculation in both direction of the market.
If everyone is aware that there will be rate cut, then don't expect it to make too much impact. This is from my experience because what creates more impact is when it happens unexpected, the pressure and surprise that comes with it is what create the volatility. Besides, I wouldn't expect rate cut to have much impact on altcoins, only Bitcoin will feel much impact, altcoins will just respond to Bitcoin since it drives the market. There are other strong things that moves the altcoin market.
You are right but this is a very complex matter. To put simply I'd say they want to have their cake and eat it too! You see, lowering interest rates would help the US economy start getting out of recession, it will help attract investors in the production sector and create jobs. Which are all positive speculations. But the US economy has turned into a debt based economy. Even the government functions like that. But when the government creates debt, it needs to be able to "sell" that debt to other countries and have them bag-hold that debt (the bonds the US gov. sells).
Now the problem is that with the World Order being established in the multi-polar world, other nations are not as willing as before to buy the US debt. For example China has already dumped IIRC $400 billion of those bonds.
The interest rates is what encourages them to continue bag-holding the bonds and maybe buy more (like Japan buying more). If they cut rates, not only the dump may speed up but also they will have a harder time convincing other countries to buy more of the US debt. That means more domestic inflation. That will discourage investors again!
P.S. Trump's involvement in crypto space is not an investment type of involvement, it is more like a scammer tactic. They created useless shittokens (which requires virtually zero investment) and sold it to gullible people and made millions.
Just keep doing what I've always been doing which is holding and accumulate bitcoin. Can't go wrong with this.
With swing trade I could still be losing since market like to pick liquidation but with holding I think I can just wait it out and it will grow double or even triple easily if market is great.
Definitely not gonna be an opportunist and thinking I could make more money with trading right now because I know I won't, just hold.
Buy into bitcoin. Because, we are going to end up with great profits when the rate cut happens and the price goes up. You can't have some cash right now, if you have cash right now then you are making a mistake and you should be holding coins right now. If you want bitcoin is not the only choice and you can pick something else, but you should do that with something that will be easy to handle.
For example, eth, or bnb, or something like maybe SOL, those are fine ones. But do not go too down and get some memecoin and hope that it will go up because even with rate cuts they are still shitcoins and you are not going to get the best result you want out of them, thats not going to work and you will not make it happen.
We know that the US government is playing a well-defined selfish role right now. As I said before, the current US government is playing a greedy role right now. They don't care about anyone in the world. They just want to be the more powerful and best economic holding entity in the world. They are fetching a very big investment from the Middle East, but in return, the Us is giving no guarantee of safety to them, as we have seen a recent blast in Qatar, we know that during the recent visit of Trump, how much Qatar has invested and raised for the US, and even Qatar has gifted $400 million worth of airplane to the Trump. But still, there is no hard action taken by America against Israel. I believe that the US just doesn't care.
Honestly, I was about to say the same thing, but you said it, and I really agree with you here. Shitcoin like "Trump coin" and "milenia coin" were put in the market with zero use case, which wasted billions of dollars as a result, and nothing else but yes, the Trump family has made a big amount of profits from it. Billions of dollars were wasted, but at that time, the large amount that was heavily invested in the Trump coin could have been used for some other good developing projects and well-idea-based crypto projects, then the market condition could have been something else. What do you say?
With the modest rise that's anticipated in the market following the Fed rate cut chance by next week. whatever that should be the outcome in all of the building market sentiments it's the holders that would be immensely benefiting with lesser risk to any probable unforeseen downside upset.
At this intense time in the market, more than anything I want, I prefer to "hodl and ride the macro trend"!
I am sorry to be the bringer of bad news, it seems that everyone is expecting the same thing to happen and we all know what usually happens after, that rate cut could happen but after it could be a buy the rumour sell the news event, I will advice people to keep some usd or stable coin by their side, it's possible that a massive sell off will happen.
I am not worried about what will happen in the market after Fed cut rates, because the market can be bullish and that will make more investors to take profit making the price not last on top. However, I am a hodler and I will continue to take any advantage from the market to buy more bitcoin if the price dips.
Yeah, not a financial advice. It's good you're putting it out here so those who like to trade blames won't blame you if things go awry for them based on your speculation. Well, for me, I don't like worrying over something that's out of my league of control. Whatever happens within SEC isn't within me to decide. So, I worry less about that. I will just lay back and watch whatever that's going to happen. I'm optimistic though that it's going to be favourable this time and that rates will be cut. The market was in expectation of that in August but it wasn't to be. Hopefully, the SEC does the right thing now. It's about time. Perhaps, the rate cut is what's needed to speedily push Bitcoin up to its peak this year. I'm expectant.