Daily News | The Fed Paused Its Interest Rate Cuts, and Altcoins Saw A General Rise

2025-01-30, 04:13

Crypto Daily Digest: The Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged, and Tesla’s Bitcoin holdings remain unchanged for ten quarters

According to Farside Investors data, yesterday, the US Bitcoin spot ETF had a net inflow of $120 million, of which Grayscale Investments BTC had a net inflow of $106 million and Bitwise BITB had a net outflow of $4 million.

Yesterday, the U.S. Ethereum spot ETF had a net outflow of $14.2 million, of which Fidelity FETH had a net inflow of $5.5 million and Grayscale Investments ETHE had a net outflow of $15.7 million.

The Fed pauses its rate cuts and keeps interest rates unchanged

After concluding its two-day monetary policy meeting, the U.S. Federal Reserve announced that it would maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 4.25% to 4.50%. This is the first time the Fed has kept interest rates unchanged since its consecutive rate cuts in September 2024. The Fed said in a statement after its meeting on Wednesday (January 29) that the U.S. economy continues to expand at a solid pace. The unemployment rate has stabilized at a low level in recent months and labor market conditions remain solid, but inflation remains “somewhat high” and the economic outlook is “uncertain.”

Tesla’s Bitcoin holdings remain unchanged for ten consecutive quarters

Tesla (TSLA.O) released its Q4 2024 financial report, showing that Tesla did not sell or buy any Bitcoin in the quarter, marking the tenth consecutive quarter without any buying or selling operations. Tesla currently holds about 9,720 Bitcoins, with a purchase cost of approximately $337 million.

Opinion: Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are ready for a Fed price shock

According to Forbes, despite BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s previous disclosure of discussions with sovereign wealth funds about buying Bitcoin, Bitcoin prices fell to a low again yesterday, but analysts believe that Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are ready for a huge price shock from the Federal Reserve. “The current slump in Bitcoin prices can be attributed to risk aversion ahead of the Fed meeting,” Alex Kuptsikevich, chief market analyst at FxPro, said in an email. Bitcoin and crypto traders are preparing for the Fed’s latest interest rate decision after the U.S. President Donald Trump called for a sharp rate cut.

Market Trends: RWA saw a general rise, AI Agent sector reignited

Market Hotspots

The RWA sector led the gains, with PLUME up more than 20%; LMR up more than 15%; TRU up more than 10%; and ONDO up more than 8%. The market has high hopes for the performance of the RWA sector in 2025, but most investors’ understanding of RWA is still at the conceptual stage. At present, identifying which are the real RWA projects is still the focus of small and medium-sized investors;

The AI ​​Agent sector rebounded significantly, with ARC up more than 21%; FARTCOIN up more than 16%; ACT up more than 12%; and AI16 up more than 6%. Yesterday, OpenAI claimed that there was evidence that DeepSeek used its model for training, and DeepSeek may have intellectual property risks. Influenced by this news, popular tokens that had previously plummeted due to concerns about market reshuffles rebounded.

Mainstream Coins

BTC fluctuated upward and broke through $104,000;

ETH stopped falling and rebounded. After falling below $3,100 during the session, it rebounded above $3,100;

Altcoins generally rose, with RWA and DeFi sectors leading the gains. The AI ​​Agent sector regained momentum, and previously popular tokens such as AIXBT and ACT saw significant gains.

Macro News: All three major U.S. stock indexes closed lower, with technology stocks rising and falling

The Federal Reserve announced that it would maintain the federal funds rate unchanged, and Fed Chairman Powell hinted that there would be no interest rate cut in March. Affected by this news, the three major U.S. stock indexes closed down collectively. As of the close of the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 136.83 points from the previous trading day to 44,713.52 points, a drop of 0.31%; the S&P 500 fell 28.39 points to 6,039.31 points, a drop of 0.47%; and the Nasdaq Composite fell 101.27 points to 19,632.32 points, a drop of 0.51%.

Large technology stocks rose and fell, with Nvidia falling more than 4%, Tesla falling more than 2%, and Microsoft falling more than 1%; but ASML rose more than 4%, and its performance report said that the amount of new orders in the fourth quarter of last year increased more than expected; AMD rose more than 2%, and Meta, Netflix, Google, and Apple rose slightly. DeepSeek was accused of improperly using the OpenAI model, and the market is still evaluating the impact of the news. If Nvidia’s stock price stabilizes in the near future, it may become an important market signal.


Author:Orisi, Gate.io Researcher
Translator:Joy Z.
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