The FOMC voted 9-3 on July 29 to keep the federal funds rate at 3.5% to 3.75%, its fifth straight meeting without a change, with Beth Hammack, Neel Kashkari, and Lorie Logan all pushing for a hike instead. Bitcoin ETFs snapped a four-day outflow run the same session, led by BlackRock's IBIT, though the funds remain roughly $4.8 billion in the red for 2026. The coincidence in timing has traders debating whether the two are actually linked or just happened to land together.