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Bitcoin Steadies Near $80,400 Ahead of Fed Decision

Edited by Steinar Vigdel Kolnes, Editor, Oslo

Bitcoin traded near $80,400 with little change since midnight UTC as oil prices eased and markets awaited Wednesday's Federal Reserve decision.

Bitcoin Steadies Near $80,400 Ahead of Fed Decision

Bitcoin hovered around $80,400, largely unchanged since midnight UTC, as traders awaited the Federal Reserve's decision on Wednesday.

Oil prices retreated during the period, while bitcoin showed little movement ahead of the central bank announcement.

Among CoinDesk's indexes, the decentralized finance, or DeFi, index was the sole gainer, standing apart from the rest of the tracked market segments.

Source: CoinDesk

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