Bitcoin Slips Below $67K, ETFs See Outflows Ahead of Fed Meeting, Inflation Data
The bitcoin price (BTC) fell below $67,000 Tuesday after the spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) market saw its first day of net outflows in nearly three weeks on Monday as bitcoin investors get nervous ahead of inflation data and an influential interest rate decision.
Bitcoin investors, not unlike investors in other risk assets like stocks, are closely watching the Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation data release Wednesday morning and the outcome of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting that afternoon.
The inflation print and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's remarks will inform the market's expectations on when the central bank will move to cut rates and how by how much. Higher-for-longer rates have pushed up bond yields, making riskier assets like bitcoin less attractive to investors.
On Friday, it seemed like a new all-time high for bitcoin was right around the corner, as the price neared the $72,000 mark; however, it's been pretty much downhill since then. The bitcoin price fell below $67,000 for the first time this month on Tuesday, a roughly 7% drop from the Friday high.
Spot bitcoin ETFs, such as BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), GrayScale's Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) and Fidelity's Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC), which closely track the price of the cryptocurrency, were also trading lower Tuesday.
The most recent drop in the bitcoin price followed the first day of net outflows for the U.S. spot bitcoin ETF market in 20 days. According to data from Farside Investors, yesterday's outflows came in at $64.9 million.
Last week, inflows into the bitcoin ETFs were strong, even recording their second-strongest day on record since they launched in January at $886.6 million. However, crypto market analysts pointed out
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