Fed holds rates at 3.75%-4%; 2-year Treasury yield falls, gold drops 0.5%

The divergence between the front end and the long end is the real signal here: the Fed standing pat is being read as a near-term story, while the 10-year holding higher suggests the market is not yet willing to declare the inflation and growth picture settled. That gap matters for anyone pricing duration-sensitive exposure, from rate-linked crypto products to tokenized Treasury yields, where short-dated instruments and longer paper are now telling different stories. Whether the curve keeps steepening on this split, or converges once the next data lands, is the open question worth tracking.