The crypto market is eyeing a critical week ahead as Fed Rate cut odds fluctuate below 70%. However, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller is leaning towards an interest-rate cut in December. Waller said, \u201cMy concern is mainly labor market, in terms of our dual mandate. So I\u2019m advocating for a rate cut at the next meeting. You may see a more of a meeting-by-meeting approach once you get to January.\u201d<\/p>\n
Critical economic data releases are set to be released this week. After a turbulent week that saw Bitcoin plunge to $82,000 before staging a slight weekend rebound, everyone is closely monitoring rate cut probabilities.<\/p>\n
Bitcoin remains down nearly 30% from its all-time high. Meanwhile, Ethereum is struggling to maintain ground above $2,850.<\/p>\n
DISCOVER: Best New Cryptocurrencies to Invest in 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Following the resolution of the recent shutdown earlier this month, the US government is working through a significant data backlog. Tuesday, 25 November 2025, will see multiple releases, starting with delayed September Producer Price Index (PPI) report. This inflation indicator \u2013 that measures iput costs for producers and manufacturers \u2013 will provide an insight into the cost pressures that eventually flow. The same day will see the September retail sales figure come to light, along with November consumer confidence data and October pending home sales statistics.<\/p>\n Then on Wednesday, 26 November 2025, the highly anticipated third-quarter GDP data will be released alongside September\u2019s Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) report.<\/p>\n EXPLORE: Top Solana Meme Coins to Buy in 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Industry Leaders have weighed in on BTC and the future of crypto. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino took to X on 24 November 2025 and said, \u201cBitcoin will resist to the test of time. Those organizations that try to undermine it, will fail and become dust. Simply because they can\u2019t stop people choice to be free.\u201d<\/p>\n US President Donald Trump\u2019s son Eric Trump recently called Bitcoin a \u201cmajor long term opportunity\u201d despite the recent volatility.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan has predicted an \u2018ETF Festival\u2019 in 2026, pushing back against bear market fears.<\/p>\n Read More: Bitwise CIO, Metaplanet President And More Reject Bear Market Talk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Read original story The Week Ahead In Crypto: Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller Advocates For December Rate Cut<\/a> by Akriti Seth<\/a> at 99bitcoins.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The crypto market is eyeing a critical week ahead as Fed Rate cut odds fluctuate below 70%. However,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[79,25004,179,18,182,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-198459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-christopher-waller","10":"tag-economy","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-federal-reserve","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115607478206256837","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}