• 50 bps rate cut expectations has the crypto community hoping for a bullish surge.
• The price of Bitcoin (BTC) could surge if this is true.
• Can Bitcoin pump and reignite its bull market run?

December 10, 2025 is set to have the next FOMC meeting where the Federal Reserve Board, with Chair Jerome Powell, will go on to announce their decision of whether the entity will announce a rate cut. At the moment expectations vary, but a popular hope is a high rate cut. In particular, a 50 bps rate cut expectations has the crypto community hoping for a bullish surge in market prices. 

50 bps Rate Cut Expectations

The majority of this year was spent in hopes that Powell and the Fed would announce rate cuts, these cuts were expected to save the USA billions in debt and help liquidity flow into the crypto market, promising high price pump action. Instead, rate cuts were denied and postponed multiple times leading to market corrections, crypto price drops, and increasing drying out of liquidity. 

Eventually, US President Donald J. Trump went on to openly criticise Powell for not announcing rate cuts. In fact, Trump demanded a rate cut of 3 points, that is a 75 bps cut, long before the month of August. Instead, Powell and the Fed cited multiple reasons to not announce a rate cut as many criteria were not met, meaning the time was not ideal to announce any rate cuts, let alone a 3-point rate cut. 

Since then, the Fed has announced smaller cuts that were spaced out, and not during consecutive months. Now with the FOMC meeting approaching for the month of December, analysts, traders, and crypto and financial experts are weighing in with their opinions on what to  expect next. To highlight, the current predictions are a 25 bps rate cut, a 50 bps rate cut, and no rate cut at all. 

As we can see from the post above, this reputed figure in the crypto space states that 11 out of 12 FOMC members are supporting a 50 bps rate cut on December 10. If this is true, then the price of Bitcoin and several crypto assets could experience a significant price pump. This surge could turn the tides and bring a bullish reversal into play. One response states that a 50 bps cut would be a strong signal, but the real catalyst is how quickly the Fed leans into an easing cycle.

Crypto Community Hopes for Bullish SurgeIn contrast, other reputed crypto experts, including the silver-tongued Doctor Profit, known for his many accurate predictions so far this bull cycle, states that the price of Bitcoin (BTC) will likely hit lower targets. This is because he believes there will be only a 25 bps rate cut, which is already priced in, or there will be no rate cut at all, which means major selloffs will be what will play out next.