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Bitcoin’s price has surged above the $66,000 mark, leading to a spike in short liquidations totaling over $48 million in the past 24 hours. It followed the release of favorable U.S. inflation data, indicating a potential cooling of inflationary pressures.
The Impact of Inflation Data on Bitcoin
Wednesday’s data on U.S. inflation showed that the monthly core CPI rate had increased by 0.3%, and the year-on-year rate had risen by 3.6%, registering the lowest 12-month core inflation since April 2021. This information supporting decreased tick of inflations opened a door for the bulls of Bitcoin to run again, prompting a total of $58 million in liquidated Bitcoin positions.
Notable ETF Inflows and Market Dynamics
A substantial net inflow of over $302 million was recorded on Wednesday, as Bitcoin spot ETFs experienced their largest daily inflow since early May. Notably, Fidelity’s FBTC led the inflows with $131 million, followed by Bitwise Bitcoin ETF (BITB) with $86 million. Ark Invest and 21Shares’ ARKB followed this liquidation trend, drawing in $39 million.
Bitcoin’s dominance increased to 51.9%, while Ether’s dominance fell to 14.4%. The global cryptocurrency market cap increased by 5.5% to $2.51 trillion, with the GM 30 Index, representing the top 30 cryptocurrencies, surging 5.45% to 133.49. These metrics underscore the broad-based bullish sentiment prevailing in the crypto market.
As per favorable inflation data, most trading in cryptocurrency e changed drastically after a serious surge in the price of Bitcoin. Nevertheless, with the increasing wide array of institutional interest, bitcoin’s success and rise are seen as benchmarks of consideration by the majority of investors who are trying to know more about digital assets today
