According to @business, Friday’s belated inflation reading cemented Wall Street bets that the Federal Reserve will cut rates at this week’s policy meeting. Source: Bloomberg (@business), Oct 27, 2025. @business also reports that the cost to hedge the 16 trillion S&P 500 rally has risen ahead of the Fed decision, indicating stronger demand for downside protection into the FOMC event window. Source: Bloomberg (@business), Oct 27, 2025. Given established spillovers from U.S. monetary policy to broader risk assets, traders should expect cross-asset volatility around the FOMC that can transmit to crypto markets. Source: International Monetary Fund, Global Financial Stability Report 2022; Bank for International Settlements, 2022 working paper on crypto prices and U.S. monetary policy news. Positioning in BTC and ETH is often sensitive to policy surprises, so monitoring implied volatility and liquidity conditions into and immediately after the decision is prudent. Source: Bank for International Settlements, 2022; International Monetary Fund, 2022.