Bitcoin recovers from the $ 33,000 support as US dollar inflation takes center stage

Bitcoin price stabilized after the close of yesterday’s trading session (July 12th) with a loss of 3.41%, helped by weakening dollar sentiment ahead of the main US inflation report on Friday to end today.

BTC is currently trading at $ 33,080 after hitting a low of $ 32,996 yesterday. CME Bitcoin futures are up 1.64% from the previous session low of $ 32,600.

Bitcoin futures regained support at $ 33,000 after slippage yesterday | Source: TradingView

Meanwhile, the US dollar index – which shows the strength of the greenback against a basket of major currencies – was down about 0.03% just before London session.

Wait for inflation data

Bitcoin and the dollar moved in opposite directions during the week of major inflation reports and a major Congressional declaration by Fed chairman Jerome Powell.

The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) is expected to rise significantly in June, showing rising inflation as the economy tries to recover from the slowdown in the Covid-19 pandemic. A Reuters poll of economists found the CPI could be up 0.5% from May and 4.9% year over year.

Many traders are betting on Bitcoin against the prospect of higher inflation, in part because popular stories predict Bitcoin as a hedge against central banks’ inflationary policies that affect the purchasing power of money.

“Inflation makes your savings account worthless.”

Specifically, the Fed has been running a monthly asset purchase program of $ 120 billion since March 2020. As a result, the policy of the US Federal Reserve doubled total assets to more than $ 8 trillion. Meanwhile, Bitcoin has soared up to 1,528% over the same period – from $ 3,858 to nearly $ 65,000.

Bitcoin has more than halved from its all-time high (ATH) in mid-April, but has maintained its general bullish bias by tirelessly holding $ 30,000 as the psychological price point. The support came in handy after two previous CPI reports showed inflation rose to 4.2% in April and 4.9% in May.

Gustavo De La Torre, Business Development Manager at N.exchange, said:

“The rise in the CPI is a sign that the economy has not yet fully recovered from the stresses of the Covid-19 pandemic and that the crypto market is on the hunt for negative inflation figures.

Gustavo De La Torre added that the lower Bitcoin price combined with the mixed economic outlook will spur more investors to accumulate.

“If the buying pressure increases, the Bitcoin price could rise to $ 40,000 in the short term.”

Consumer price index over the years | Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics

In addition, CEX.IO’s Konstantin Anissimov warned of a possible restrictive reaction from the Fed to further inflation, noting that this could lead the central bank to relax its bond-buying program and cut rates earlier than expected.

“As the situation stabilized, the Fed increased its balance sheet to more than $ 8 trillion since early 2020 – a significant increase.”

Anissimov said, adding that the lower Bitcoin price will continue to serve as a suitable safeguard against inflation fears for the time being.

“Both Bitcoin and ETH are likely to retest new price levels of $ 45,000 and $ 3,000, respectively.”

Bitcoin enters the accumulation zone vùng

On-chain indicators continue to point to continued bitcoin accumulation. According to Glassnode data, companies with low sales histories continued to raise bitcoin from shaky investors until the end of last week, while net flows between exchanges fell to negative levels, suggesting traders were pulling bitcoins off exchanges for equity stakes.

Whale-Hold Bitcoin Supply with a balance of 1K-10K soared when it traded near $ 30,000 | Source: Glassnode

Will Clemente, an independent market analyst, said:

“Retail has been increasing its accumulation for weeks, but we finally got the whale push we’ve been waiting for … 17 new whales were born this week, and the total number of BTC held by whales has increased by 65,429 BTC.

Mr. Teacher

According to Cointelegraph

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