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Bitcoin slips below $84,000 ahead of FOMC minutes

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Bitcoin weakened into the low $80,000s before and around the release of the Federal Reserve’s minutes, with several pieces placing it near or below $84,000 and one at $82,900. The move came alongside reports of heavy crypto liquidations and steeper losses in Ether and other major altcoins, while one item also noted higher oil prices and rising Treasury yields in the backdrop.

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Bitcoin briefly moved below $84,000 during Wednesday’s Asian session.
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Crypto markets faced pressure before the FOMC minutes, and one report said about $600 million in longs were liquidated.
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Bitcoin fell toward $83,000 after failing to stay above $87,000 ahead of the Federal Reserve minutes.
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The Federal Reserve released its latest meeting minutes at 2 p.m. ET after Bitcoin had traded as high as $86,648 over the prior 24 hours.
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Bitcoin traded at $82,900, and the piece linked that move with hawkish Federal Reserve minutes, higher oil prices, and rising Treasury yields.

Market reaction i

BitcoinBTC the event is about this asset
first headline
-0.2% 2 h before
-0.5% 4 h after
$84,066price at publication
12data points

Coverage timeline

Every piece in order, with the time its news medium declares — if it is not believable we use ours and say so — and what it added to what was already known at that point. Arriving first is not the same as adding something.

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Oct 7 08:12
CoinJournal scoop
Breaks the event: $118.8M and $89.8M
+22 h 27 m
Oct 8 06:40

What Federal funds rate has done before

WhenWhat happenedFigure
36 days ago Federal funds rate: 3.88 (+0.13) rise Oct 2026
2 months ago Federal funds rate: 3.75 (+0.12) rise Sep 2026
3 months ago Federal funds rate: 3.63 no change Aug 2026
4 months ago Federal funds rate: 3.63 no change Jul 2026
5 months ago Federal funds rate: 3.63 no change Jun 2026

FRED series, with the value of each release and its change.

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