Trump Pressures Fed for Rate Cuts: What It Means for Bitcoin and Crypto
Yahoo Finance·2026-03-17 11:34
Bitcoin (BTC) is trading near $73,900, consolidating below the psychological $75,000 threshold as the executive branch intensifies public pressure on the Federal Reserve. The catalyst is President Donald Trump’s demand for an immediate “special meeting” to slash interest rates, a political challenge to central bank independence that is forcing markets to reprice the probability of premature liquidity expansion ahead of the March FOMC. While the Federal Reserve has maintained a restrictive stance to comba ...