Prices for bitcoin, seen by a growing number of investors as a hedge against inflation, jumped 2% after the CPI report from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Bitcoin rises to a fresh all-time high after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the October consumer price index (CPI) number, the highest since 1990. CoinDesk’s Galen Moore discusses why the inflation increase “would be good for bitcoin,” adding “[inflation] tends to seem to drive bitcoin and the stock market apart.”
New data on bitcoin’s hourly price chart shows a rally to new record highs in the wake of a hotter than expected October reading in the U S consumer price index CPI The report showed the cost of living in the U S rose 6 2 in October from a year earlier the fastest since [...]
The Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index is closely tracked by bitcoin traders because the cryptocurrency is seen by some investors as a hedge against inflation.
Coinbase posted $1.9 billion in transaction revenue in the second quarter of 2021, surpassing analyst estimates for $1.57 billion in its second-ever earnings report as a public company. The crypto exchange also noted ether was traded more than bitcoin in Q2 for the first time.
The U S Consumer Price Index rose faster than expected in June jumping by 5 4 in the last 12 months and exceeding economists expectations by about half a percent Meanwhile bitcoin’s price has nearly been cut in half since its April peak All About Bitcoin host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the [...]