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Bitcoin price news: BTC remains down sharply as Fed stays on hold

Primary ETHBTCETHmacronegativeImportance 0.2
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Event summary

coindesk published this macro event on 18 Mar 2026, 17:59 UTC. The archive associates it with BTC, ETH; the tables below report observed post-publication returns without asserting causality.

Historical market reactions

Price reactions

Reaction V2

Historical percentage returns from the recorded publication timestamp. Missing values remain intentionally blank; these observations do not establish causality.

Related asset reactions

BTC

Reference 18 Mar 2026, 18:00 UTC · latency 0m

1m
+0.28%
5m
+0.46%
15m
+0.40%
1h
-0.70%
4h
-0.46%
24h
-2.43%

Source: Binance Vision official monthly 1m archive

ETH

Reference 18 Mar 2026, 18:00 UTC · latency 0m

1m
+0.34%
5m
+0.62%
15m
+0.50%
1h
-1.04%
4h
-0.07%
24h
-3.50%

Source: Binance Vision official monthly 1m archive

Broader market context

SOL

Reference 18 Mar 2026, 18:00 UTC · latency 0m

1m
+0.44%
5m
+0.93%
15m
+0.70%
1h
-0.40%
4h
+0.58%
24h
-2.01%

Source: Binance Vision official monthly 1m archive

Methodology

Reaction V2 uses the current documented publication-time methodology. Alternative research alignments are not displayed as production data.

Primary asset
ETH
Sentiment score
-0.10
Value unit
Percentage return
Reaction version
Reaction V2
Publication date
18 Mar 2026, 17:59 UTC
Source
coindesk
Related assets
BTC, ETH
Data availability
Missing horizons remain blank