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The S&P 500 suffered its biggest post-Fed decision slide on record Wednesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The rally in U.S. stocks is encountering a fresh hurdle -- a potentially problematic rise in Treasury yields as the Federal Reserve signals fewer interest rate cuts for 2025. The central bank's rate outlook on Wednesday included only two cuts in the coming year, rather than the four previously penciled in, catching investors off guard, and sending stocks tumbling while driving up yields and the dollar. That overshadowed the Fed's widely expected decision to reduce its benchmark rate for a third straight meeting.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) continues to prove that it's one of the best financial assets to own. Any investor, whether the focus is on stocks or cryptocurrencies, certainly understands the concept of buying low and selling high. Bitcoin has had many declines of more than 50%.

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Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) is making a monster comeback. Continue reading to understand Dogecoin's potential price trajectory. This trend provides a clear example of the most obvious bullish case for Dogecoin, which is known as the greater fool theory.

Several other cryptocurrencies have done well and grown to market caps exceeding $100 billion. One is XRP (CRYPTO: XRP), which currently has the fourth-largest market cap in the crypto sector at more than $140 billion. If you invested in XRP a decade ago, there is a chance you're a millionaire today.

U.S. spot-listed bitcoin ETFs currently have an AUM of $120 billion compared to gold's $125 billion.