Hedge funds and professional crypto traders are moving into risk-off positioning ahead of today’s highly anticipated Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) rate decision. On-chain data shows that Bitcoin exchange balances are falling while USDT and USDC reserves on major venues continue to rise, signaling that institutional investors are reducing exposure and building sidelined liquidity. “The rise in Stablecoin Exchange Reserves is a classic signal of event-driven hedging,” says CoinGlass’s report. https://twitter.com/cryptoquant_com/status/1998693421427351755 According to it, the current market structure closely matches patterns observed around previous FOMC meetings. During August–October 2025, funding rates spiked as short-term traders piled into longs ahead


