Fed July Minutes: What Crypto Investors Are Expecting This Week

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Tuesday (8:30 a.m. & 9:15 a.m. ET): July housing starts and building permits, followed by the Fed’s industrial-production report.
Wednesday (2:00 p.m. ET): The Federal Reserve publishes minutes from its July 28-29 meeting, when rates were held at 3.50%-3.75% in a 9-3 vote.
Thursday (8:30 a.m. ET): Initial unemployment claims and the Philadelphia Fed’s August Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey.

This week’s U.S. calendar matters to crypto not because any release carries a fixed Bitcoin outcome but because traders will use the data to reassess the policy backdrop, then show their view through Treasury yields, the dollar and crypto positioning.

The most important distinction is between the release itself and the market’s response to it. A strong or weak headline does not automatically make Bitcoin bullish or bearish. Traders should first ask whether it changes the evidence around inflation and growth, then watch whether Bitcoin follows the move in r...

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