Bitcoin Price and Ethereum Struggle After Fed Decision, XRP Consolidates

Bitcoin price struggled to clear the $19,500 resistance. BTC is currently (03:10 UTC) trading below $19,000. The fed rate hike to 3.25% increased selling pressure and now there is a risk of a move below the $18,000 level.

Timeline of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Xrp

Major coins fell sharply on Wednesday evening as the global cryptocurrency market cap decreased 2.7% to $896.8 billion at 8:30 p.m. EDT. Price Performance Of Major Coins Coin 24-hour 7-day Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) -2.5% -8.9% $18,444.58 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) -6.4% -24.6% $1,242.58 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) -2.8% -6.6% $0.06 Top 24-Hour Gainers (Data via CoinMarketCap) Cryptocurrency 24-Hour % Change (+/-) Price Celsius (CEL) +7% $1.55 Compound (COMP) +3.1% $56.3 XDC Network (XDC) +1.1% ​​$0.03 See Also: How To Get Free NFTs Why It Matters: Ethereum tumbled and Bitcoin fell sharply after the U.S. Federal Reserve issued the third consecutive 75 basis point interest rate increase on Wednesday.

Ethereum has been in the heat of discussion on social media following the release of the Merge last week. However, everything has not gone according to plan as ETH prices have dropped below $1,350.

The bitcoin mining industry has now grown to the point where it is being measured up against other similar industries that have been around for longer. However, the operations of the bitcoin mining firms to these established commodity-based firms are very different.

Bloomberg commodity strategist Mike McGlone has reiterated he believes that the price of the flagship cryptocurrency Bitcoin ($BTC) will hit the $100,000 mark. Per the analyst, it's a “matter of time” until the cryptocurrency reaches six figures.

The host of the Coin Bureau YouTube channel is warning that interest rate hikes will negatively impact crypto assets. The Coin Bureau host tells his 80,300 YouTube subscribers that Bitcoin (BTC) could drop by over 35% from the current level as interest rates rise.

After two years of litigation, Stuart Alderoty, general counsel at Ripple, told CoinDesk TV's “First Mover” he sees “the beginning of the end” because the SEC's case has fallen short.

Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be considered investment advice. XRP has performed incredibly well over the past few days.

In this episode of NewsBTC's daily technical analysis videos, we look at the volatility in Bitcoin price action following the FOMC meeting today where the Federal Reserve announced a 75 bps rate increase. Take a look at the video below: VIDEO: Bitcoin Price Analysis (BTCUSD): September 21, 2022 Bitcoin price action has been ultra volatile before and after the United States Federal Reserve announced its decision to increase rates by 75 basis points.

Hackers keep trying new ways to loot money in crypto and fiat. This time, scammers hacked a Twitter account of the Indian Embassy in Oman to promote an XRP scam that requires users to click on a phishing link.

Troubled crypto lender Voyager Digital is going to receive hundreds of millions of dollars worth of crypto assets from Alameda Research. According to a recent court filing, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto trading firm will give back a loan worth nearly $200 million to Voyager, a crypto brokerage that filed bankruptcy earlier in the year.