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Fed hawkish bias pushes bitcoin, ether lower as bearish bets surge on prediction markets

Short-term sentiment around bitcoin and ether is deteriorating quickly after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting. Prediction-market participants see the next move for both assets as more likely down than up. Policy rates were held, but markets sharply reduced expectations of rate cuts this year, with Polymarket pricing about an 80 percent chance of no cuts in 2026. On Myriad, traders increasingly bet on bitcoin falling to $55,000 and ether to $1,500.