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BTC: $79,614 (-0.67%) — Failed reclaim; support under pressure.

ETH: $2,302 (-0.94%) — Weaker leg; session low meets must-hold support.

Fear & Greed: 48 (Neutral) — The crowd is calm enough to be suspicious.

Policy Heat: FOMC underway — Fragile structure meets live event risk.

Price lost the first repair attempt and remains beneath the full tracked 4H EMA stack.

The structure is bearish, but the move lacks muscle: completed 4H volume was only 0.24x its prior-20 average. That leaves support under pressure without confirming fresh continuation.

Daily Tape: -0.67% (O: $80,147 | H: $80,389 | L: $79,576 | C: $79,614)

Price lost its first repair attempt and finished the active tape directly above support.

ETH carries the weaker setup. Price remains below every tracked 4H EMA, while completed volume at 0.42x its prior-20 average says pressure is real but participation is still thin.

Daily Tape: -0.94% (O: $2,324 | H: $2,334 | L: $2,302 | C: $2,302)

The failed $2,325 repair makes it the new first resistance, while $2,350 moves down from resistance to the upper repair threshold.

The FOMC opened its two-day meeting with crypto already carrying damaged posture. Both majors failed their first repair attempts, both remain under their full 4H EMA stacks, and ETH is pressing support harder than BTC. This is less a dramatic collapse than a market slowly backing toward the edge while pretending it meant to stand there.

The contradiction matters: structure looks weak, participation looks sleepy. Low completed-candle volume makes the drift less convincing as a fresh breakdown, but it also means buyers have shown little appetite for repair. Nobody gets credit for a comeback when half the restaurant is empty.

Tomorrow's statement is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. ET, followed by the press conference at 2:30 p.m. ET. The useful read is not guessing the headline; it is watching whether event volatility produces sustained acceptance or another fakeout.

That makes ETH the early warning light. BTC still has a little space above support. ETH is already sitting on its must-hold number. If participation expands, the weaker chart should tell us first whether risk appetite is healing or heading downstairs.

A level touch is an alert, not a verdict. Thin volume makes sustained acceptance more useful than the first wick in either direction.

Brent near $111.29 keeps energy inflation in the policy conversation while DXY sits at 102.243. Add the prior-session 10-year yield near 4.99%, and the Fed is walking into a room where easing flexibility already looks cramped.

For crypto, oil is the outside pressure gauge. Elevated energy costs can keep rates and risk appetite touchy, so any support rebound needs more than a photogenic wick. The menu gets heavier again Thursday with Q3 GDP and Personal Income and Outlays.

Brent above $111 keeps inflation sensitivity elevated during the FOMC window.

The base case is bearish pressure without decisive participation. Failed repairs and full EMA-stack deficits keep the structure weak, while thin volume warns against treating the next wick as a finished move.

Watch for participation to expand with sustained acceptance. A fast break or reclaim that immediately reverses is just the market sending another plate back.

Bias: Bearish — ETH is already pressing support, and neither major has rebuilt trend structure.

Probability: Bull 12% / Base 52% / Trap 36%