According to @WatcherGuru, former U.S. President Donald Trump publicly called Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell "incompetent" and "a real dope" in a post shared on X on Dec 2, 2025. Source: @WatcherGuru on X, Dec 2, 2025. The post includes a video clip of the remarks and provides no additional policy details or market data, making this a headline-level development tied to U.S. monetary policy leadership that traders may track for sentiment around USD, Treasury yields, equities, and crypto such as BTC. Source: @WatcherGuru on X, Dec 2, 2025.

According to @StockMKTNewz, the U.S. recorded a $284.4 billion budget deficit in October 2025, the first month of fiscal 2026, exceeding the Bloomberg consensus of $230 billion by $54.4 billion, or about 23.7 percent. Source: @StockMKTNewz citing Seeking Alpha; Bloomberg. This larger-than-expected shortfall at the start of FY2026 puts focus on Treasury financing needs and rate expectations that traders monitor for impacts on bond yields, the U.S. dollar, and risk sentiment in BTC and ETH. Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury financing and issuance practices; @StockMKTNewz.

According to @StockMKTNewz, Fed’s Waller said a December rate cut would provide extra labor-market insurance. According to the Federal Reserve, lowering the policy rate is used to support maximum employment by easing financial conditions, which can influence Treasury yields, the US dollar, and risk asset pricing including crypto.

According to @Andre_Dragosch, Bitcoin (BTC) has underperformed gold in 2025 because gold is more sensitive to monetary policy and the US Dollar, while BTC is more sensitive to global growth expectations, which remain weak, source: @Andre_Dragosch. He adds that gold’s price already reflects strong monetary easing, whereas BTC has not yet priced an improvement in growth, source: @Andre_Dragosch. He argues that growth expectations typically follow monetary policy changes with a lag, implying gold’s rally should be followed by a significant BTC rally that traders can time against the policy-to-growth lag, source: @Andre_Dragosch.