The BTC/USD pair is holding within a medium-term downtrend, but the past week has seen mixed performance. Following the launch of Operation Midnight Hammer by the US military and the subsequent arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, accused of narco-terrorism, prices headed towards 94700.00. However, concerns about a possible January pause in monetary easing by the US Federal Reserve later returned to the market, and "digital gold" lost all its gains. Today, the price is once again trying to return to an upward trend, the main driver of which could be the escalation of relations between the White House and the leadership of the US Federal Reserve.