# Hawkish Fed comments and Bitcoin derivatives data point to further BTC downside
” Hawkish Fed comments and Bitcoin derivatives data point to further BTC downside “ A $750 pump on Aug. 26 took Bitcoin (BTC) from $21,120 to $21,870 in less than two hours. However, the movement was completely erased after comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated the bank’s commitment to contain inflation by…