Bitcoin fell 2% to $94,159.4 by 00:22 ET (05:22 GMT). It fell below the $93,000 level on Monday.
The token had fallen below the key $100,000 level last week after the Fed officials signaled a slower pace for future cuts. Bitcoin has declined for six out of the last seven days.
Bitcoin recorded its first weekly fall since Trump’s election win in early November, last week.
The rally had pushed prices to an all-time high of $108,244.9, after which prices fell due to profit-taking amid macroeconomic pressures induced by the Fed rate outlook.
The central bank lowered rates by 25 basis points but indicated only two rate cuts for the upcoming year, compared with previous expectations for four cuts.
This shift led investors to reassess their positions in speculative assets like Bitcoin, contributing to its price decline.
Crypto-related stocks fell on Monday tracking the downtrend in Bitcoin prices, which reached near the $92,000 level a day earlier.
MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR) fell nearly 9%, while Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ:COIN) declined 4%. Riot Platforms (NASDAQ:RIOT)also ended lower on Monday.
MicroStrategy also came under added pressure after announcing a 1.3-million-stock sale to buy 5,262 bitcoins.
The most valuable Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MARA) dropped 3.6%.
Other cryptocurrencies were higher on Monday. Gains were limited as the demand for speculative assets was still subdued after the hawkish Fed rattled investor sentiment.
World no.2 crypto Ether was 3.2% higher at $3,431.48. Ether fell for several consecutive days since last week but has recovered slightly in the previous two days
World no.3 crypto XRP rose 3.1% to $2.2627.
Solana rose 3.4% and Polygon jumped 5%, while Cardano gained 2%. Among meme tokens, Dogecoin rose 1.8%.
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