Gate Research: Fed’s Dot Plot Turns Hawkish Toward Rate Hikes, Bitcoin Faces Downward Pressure and Pullback

Gate Research Daily Report: BTC traded in a "high-open, low-close" pattern, retreating significantly from its intraday high of 66,440 USDT and maintaining an overall downward trend. Fear & Greed Index at 22 ("Extreme Fear"); SYN +61% driven by cross-chain narrative recovery, ZEREBRO +29% boosted by AI Agent sentiment, XAN +14% led by privacy protocol attention; Fed Chair Waller's Hawkish Debut Sends Dot Plot Toward Rate Hikes — Crypto Markets Under Pressure; Strategy Preferred Stock STRC De-pegs Severely, Company Claims "Bitcoin Reserves Cover 32 Years of Dividends"; Fidelity and Wall Street Race to Manage Stablecoin Reserves as Trillion-Dollar Race Begins.