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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Weakens as US Inflation Hits 13-Year High

Buyers are snapping at bitcoin whenever it dips to $30,000, but the cryptocurrency’s price response to faster inflation readings is puzzling Wall Street analysts.

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US June Consumer Price Index Rose Faster Than Expected

Financial markets from stocks to bonds to cryptocurrencies have been fixated on inflation readings as the economy reheats.

Investors are focused on how quickly the dollar's purchasing power is shrinking.

Markets

Fed's Bullard Says Time Is Right to Scale Back Stimulus; Bitcoin Unmoved

The Fed's taper talk presents downside risk to liquidity-addicted financial markets.

St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard

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Bitcoin's Range Play Likely to End With Bullish Breakout: Analyst

"Intermediate-term momentum has been improving based on the MACD histogram," one analyst said.

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US Financial Giant Capital Group Buys 12% Stake in Bitcoin-Exposed MicroStrategy

The purchase provides the firm with indirect exposure to MicroStrategy's more than 105,000 bitcoin reserves.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Drops as Traders Await June CPI Inflation Report

Analysts described the muted activity in spot, derivative and on-chain metrics as "calm before the storm."

Bitcoin trades lower today.

Markets

Bitcoin Listless as New 'Bearish Crossover' Looms

Bitcoin's long-term moving averages are about to produce yet another bearish crossover.

Annotated bitcoin daily price chart.

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Synthetix Rallies as DeFi Protocol Announces Layer 2 Launch

"SNX's upside is in part supported by the latest update from the team in relation to the planned collaboration with Optimism," one analyst said.

Synthetix is used to create synthetic versions of stocks like Apple, Google and Coinbase.

Markets

El Salvador Could Face 'Limitation' on Bitcoin's Use as Medium of Exchange: JPMorgan

The bank points to bitcoin's illiquid nature, volatility and U.S. dollar conversion risk as major limitations for its use as legal tender.

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Crypto Long & Short: A Bear Market Doesn’t Spell Doom

Plus: China’s Bitcoin crackdown, and why bitcoin isn’t a “boomer coin.”

Bear market Crypto Long & Short July 11