{
  "id": 8003496,
  "title": "El bitcoin resiste la embestida de la Fed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/el-bitcoin-resiste-la-embestida-de-la-fed",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-17T09:50:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Expansion ES",
    "slug": "expansion-es",
    "url": "https://www.expansion.com/mercados/criptomonedas/2026/09/17/6aabaa75e5fdea92728b458a.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "Monetary conditions are becoming more demanding, according to analysts. Despite the recent setback, Bitcoin has shown resilience during a particularly complex week amid aggressive messages from the Federal Reserve. Manuel Ernesto de Luque, CEO of Block Asset Management, notes that the crypto market had to digest two significant reversals within just 24 hours—one following the U.S. Senate's rejection of a new crypto regulation law and another after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates and adopted a hawkish tone. Historically, a Fed rate hike signals one of the biggest adversaries to Bitcoin, the broader crypto market, and risk assets in general. When combined with the Fed's warning of further interest rate hikes, the result is an \"exigent\" monetary environment, according to the Block Asset Management founder. This exigent environment may persist, with a hawkish tone from the Federal Reserve pointing to a liquidity-draining monetary scenario. Despite the recent setbacks, Bitcoin's ability to absorb the aggressive messages from the Fed suggests it can handle the pressure. Even with the Fed's upcoming announcement of additional interest rate hikes this year, the Bitcoin rebound indicates its capacity to absorb upward pressure from the Fed's messages. Manuel Ernesto de Luque emphasizes that the rate increase was widely anticipated, and the signaling of continued inflation concerns and potential further rate hikes before the end of the year confirms that we are operating in an increasingly exigent monetary environment. While short-term volatility and dispersion among assets are expected, Block Asset Management maintains a constructive view on the sector in the medium to long term, highlighting the increasing importance of digital assets and cryptocurrency-like characteristics as the developed economies grapple with inflation, growth, high debt levels, and financing costs.",
  "summary": "El entorno monetario se vuelve más \"exigente\", como advierten los analistas. Aún así, sin apenas margen para digerir el rechazo del Senado de EEUU a la ley para regular el mercado cripto, el bitcoin recibe incluso al alza la subida de tipos y los mensajes agresivos de la Fed. Leer",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}