bitcoin prices rose wednesday but cryptocurrencies remained under pressure with the largest digital assets trading on the lower end of their recent ranges ahead of a hotly anticipated decision on interest rates from the federal reserve the price of bitcoin was up 1 over the past 24 hours to above 38900 bouncing higher from a recent low around 37700 the leading digital asset had fallen four out of the past five days as of tuesday and was trading on the lower end of its recent range around 40000 bitcoin changed