Crypto markets have ticked up this Monday morning as investors brace for a volatile week ahead, with all eyes on the US central bank.\u00a0Meanwhile, Iran said it will halt its attacks as long as the United States does the same, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The US paused<\/a> its bombing campaign on Friday following 13 nights of intensifying airstrikes. The development has caused a dip in oil prices and a jump in US stock futures and crypto markets.<\/p>\n July\u2019s Consumer Confidence data is due on Tuesday, which reflects how consumers are spending.\u00a0This is followed by the week\u2019s big event on Wednesday when the Fed announces its rate decision and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh holds a press conference, setting policy direction.<\/p>\n The meeting comes amid growing uncertainty about tech sector valuations, AI infrastructure spending, and economic growth trajectory amid a backdrop of inflationary pressures.<\/p>\n The market \u201cfeels very frothy,\u201d Kristina Hooper, chief market strategist at Man Group, told<\/a> Reuters. \u201cInvestors are, to a certain extent, walking on eggshells, and they\u2019re more likely to react negatively to any signs of imperfection.\u201d<\/p>\n Odds of rates remaining the same have fallen to 63.7% on the CME Fed watch tool, which now predicts a 36.3% chance of an increase.<\/p>\n July\u2019s PCE inflation data is due on Thursday, followed by the Michigan Consumer Sentiment data and Inflation Expectations data on Friday.<\/p>\n Key Events This Week:<\/p>\n 1. Markets React to US\/Iran Pausing Strikes \u2013 Today, 6 PM ET<\/p>\n 2. July Consumer Confidence data \u2013 Tuesday<\/p>\n 3. July Fed Interest Rate Decision \u2013 Wednesday<\/p>\n 4. Microsoft, $MSFT<\/a>, Meta, $META<\/a>, Report Earnings \u2013 Wednesday<\/p>\n 5. July PCE Inflation data \u2013 Thursday\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n Meanwhile, more than 15% of S&P 500 companies, including Microsoft, Meta, Apple, and Amazon, are reporting earnings this week.<\/p>\n Crypto markets have moved higher over the weekend, with total capitalization ticking up to $2.3 trillion on Monday morning in Asia.<\/p>\n Bitcoin moved up 1% on the day to tap $65,500 in early trading before a minor retreat. The asset is still facing heavy resistance above $66,000, which has kept it range-bound for almost two months.<\/p>\n Ethereum has made a bigger 3.5% move<\/a> to hit a seven-week high of $1,960, but it also faces resistance at this level and hasn\u2019t been over $2,000 since June 2.\u00a0Only a handful of altcoins were moving, and these included Zcash, Chainlink, and Uniswap, while Monero had lost 4%.<\/p>\n The post 4 Things That May Move Crypto Markets This Week as Fed Rate Hike Odds Increase<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Crypto markets have ticked up this Monday morning as investors brace for a volatile week ahead, with all eyes on the US central bank.\u00a0Meanwhile, Iran said it will halt its attacks as long as the United States does the same, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Sunday. The US paused its bombing campaign on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204680"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=204680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=204680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=204680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Economic Events July 27 to 31<\/h2>\n
Crypto Market Outlook<\/h2>\n