Bitcoin climbed past $114,000 this week, pushing markets higher after a surprisingly weak reading on producer 0 to reports, the move followed a pullback in US PPI that many traders read as a sign the Federal Reserve may be able to start cutting 1 Reading: Institutional Adoption Rises: 21X Brings Chainlink Into Europe’s Tokenized Securities Market The jump was quick and loud on price 2 caught the attention of both retail traders and bigger 3 Inflation Spurs Rate Cut Bets According to published data, US Producer Price Index (PPI) fell to about 2.6% year-on-year, while core PPI — which strips out food and energy — came in near 2.8%. On a monthly basis, PPI showed a drop, one of the first such moves since March 4 on reports, those weaker numbers fed hopes that the Fed could ease policy sooner rather than later, and markets reacted accordingly.
Bitcoin’s Rally And Broader Crypto Moves Bitcoin hit roughly $113,850 on some exchanges before trading above $114,000, and Ethereum climbed past $4,400 as part of the same 5 have disclosed that institutional flows and stablecoin liquidity helped lift prices, and that investor positioning shifted toward risk assets after the 6 were watching support around $112,500-$113,000 and resistance near $115,000-$115,500 as the session 7 was strong, but some caution remained. Bitcoin’s Technical Levels And Flows Market technicians pointed to clear 8 support near $112,500 breaks, it could open the way to a short 9 $115,500 is cleared, buyers may push for higher 10 the same time, some on-chain indicators showed rising transfers into exchanges, a sign that profit taking could be 11 have disclosed that both demand and supply signals will be watched closely by desks and algorithmic 12 Could Slow This Move While PPI cooled, other data could change the 13 inflation and jobs figures are still to be watched, and those reports can keep the Fed on 14 cuts are now being priced in by some traders, perhaps as soon as September, but that outcome is not 15 consumer prices re-accelerate or job strength stays high, easing could be delayed and markets may retrace 16 Reading: Tighter Premiums Put Crypto Treasuries On Risky Road, According To NYDIG What Investors Should Watch Next According to market commentators, the key near-term items are the upcoming CPI release, monthly jobs data, and Fed 17 important are flows into spot products and the dollar’s direction — a firmer dollar would likely pressure risky 18 will also keep an eye on how quickly liquidity moves from stablecoins into BTC and ETH, and whether profit-taking appears at the big technical thresholds already 19 image from Meta, chart from TradingView
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