Fed Announcement Triggers Biggest Trading Day For Gold & Silver; Will Bitcoin (Btc) Follow?

 Bitcoin crossed the $48k barrier and is now eyeing for $49k and above. Additionally, the ultimate altcoin Ether (ETH) also managed to rise above $4,000  
By Sunil Sharma
Updated July 22, 2025
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The much-awaited Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting took place yesterday, and inflation hedges such as the gold and silver market responded optimistically to the announcements.

FED meeting noted that the authorities will not be making any changes to the interest rates and doubling the rate of its bond tapering. As a result, crypto turned green overnight, and the traditional Gold and Silver experienced the biggest trading volume day.

The VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ), which tracks the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index, saw the largest volume all year, with 18 million shares traded.

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Will Bitcoin follow Gold & Silver?

With Gold and Silver seeing a dead cat bounce post fed announcement, the crypto market could see similar price action. Especially, since crypto already turned green and the global crypto market cap reached $2.26T, at a 2.93 percent increase over the last day.

The top cryptocurrency Bitcoin crossed the $48k barrier and is now eyeing for $49k and above. Additionally, the ultimate altcoin Ether (ETH) also managed to rise above $4,000 after stagnantly staying below, amid the short bear. At last, following the bull of these top two cryptocurrencies, the rest of the crypto market also marched towards a greener graph.

Fed Announcement Triggers Biggest Trading Day For Gold & Silver; Will Bitcoin (Btc) Follow?
Source: TradingView

Earlier this week, Bitcoin’s price fell as low as $45,894. The consistent bear period was attributed to the shorting mentality regarding the FED meeting which was expected to announce the faster tapering of bond purchases, further triggering an upswing in inflation hedges like gold and Bitcoin.

Now that Gold has achieved the predicted success, the question arises whether Bitcoin is next in line? According to CoinGape’s reportage, Bitfinex crypto exchange’s limit order book also defined the current downturn in the crypto market as the perfect “Buy the News” scenario, where, right before the FOMC meeting, the market was looking at the ultimate investment opportunity for retail investors.

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Sunil Sharma
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