US: The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged, keeping its benchmark rate range at 5.25-5.5%. The central bank said in a statement that the committee does not expect to cut rates until it has confidence that inflation will move steadily towards 2%. The market was expecting a rate cut at the next meeting in March, but after the announcement the probability of a rate cut dropped to 50%. The price of Bitcoin remained virtually unchanged after the Fed's announcement.

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