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$BTC slid to a week-to-date low of $64,500 before stabilizing around $65,000, as price pressure built heading into the Federal Open Market Committee meeting.
Market analysis flagged a specific concern: the prospect of Strategy offloading additional bitcoin at some point, a scenario analysts warned could weigh on price.
What Moved the Market The mechanism here is worth separating from the noise. The immediate selling pressure aligned with FOMC timing — a pattern familiar to anyone who has watched risk assets ahead of rate decisions.
Traders de-risked into the meeting, and $BTC absorbed the brunt of that repositioning at the $65,000 level.
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