The US consumer price index (CPI) did not cause any major surprises or new fears yesterday. Nevertheless, the prices, including those of bitcoin (BTC), became equally volatile.
Bitcoin fluctuated wildly between USD 17,900 and USD 18,400 shortly after CPI and then settled around USD 18,100. That was short-lived, because the price then made a big jump up and even shot above $ 19,000 on a number of exchanges and touched $ 19,150.
Since then, the price has been trying to get a grip on the $18,800 mark and at the time of writing is up to $18,860 on Binance and $17,370 on Bitvavo.
This means that the bitcoin price is up 4.2% today. Trading volume increased by 30% in the last 24 hours. The total market capitalization is $363 billion and the dominance is 40.1%. The Fear & Greed Index comes out at 31 (Fear).
Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index is 31. Fear
Current price: $18,871 pic.twitter.com/ojWsUCBJNw— Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index (@BitcoinFear) January 13, 2023
CPI provides strongest increase in 2 months
US inflation data came in at 6.5% yesterday, as expected. A new dose of fear about Federal Reserve policy, as we saw in December, is therefore not forthcoming. It is a sign that investors are hoping that the Fed will be more cautious with rate hikes, i.e. more dovish then hawkish policy will pass.
That said, an actual policy reversal, a so-called “Fed pivot” still seems highly unlikely. We will know more on February 1, then the next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will follow.
The CPI release yesterday caused bitcoin to rise by about 5%, the strongest increase in more than two months. It’s also the third best start to a year in bitcoin’s history so far, analyst TXMC reports:
Third best start to a year (through 11 days) in #BTC‘s life. pic.twitter.com/7UDE356LYy
— 𝐓𝐗𝐌𝐂 (@TXMCtrades) January 12, 2023
Are the bitcoin whales waking up or not?
We have some conflicting findings today. For example, CryptoQuant analyst Cauê Oliveira reports that the low volume suggests that there is still little activity among institutional players and whales.
Amount of transferred bitcoins point to low institutional activity, whales still sleeping?! 🐳
Tokens transferred is a metric that corresponds to how much aggregated BTC is moving on the network, current value reaches 2020 lows.#Bitcoin 👇🧵 pic.twitter.com/hvbkyL3WWy
— Cauê Oliveira 💊⚡ (@caueconomy) January 12, 2023
On the other hand, analysis company Santiment reports that the whales are finally starting to show interest and that the number of large transactions is increasing. The whales, according to Santiment, may even be responsible for the recent increase.
📈 #Bitcoin is on the verge of breaking the $19k resistance level for the first time since Nov. 8th. Whales are beginning to take interest and are likely perpetuating this climb, with $1M+ $BTC transactions rebounding to November, 2022 levels. https://t.co/UuH8aFUmh3 pic.twitter.com/2oeIyi3xSV
— Santiment (@santimentfeed) January 12, 2023
Bitcoin analysts warn of pullback
Although it is noticeable that market sentiment has become a lot more positive, many analysts still warn for caution. Should this upward trend continue immediately, we may soon see a test of the infamous 200-day moving average, which currently hovers around $19,500.
Still, many analysts expect a pullback. Then we may see a retest of the $17,300 area, now as support rather than resistance. However, if this one does not hold, then the chance of a new one increases low up again quickly. We have to take into account that market conditions are still far from ideal.
Morning #Bitcoin
The only moment you should get concerned is if #BTC falls below this raising channel in blue.
The “expected” price action is a pullback here.
Don’t think FOMO has more powder at this time. #BTCUSD
Some say this is a bearish flag. Is it?
Next tweet for more. pic.twitter.com/ryFGZP1mmt
— Duo Nine | discord.gg/ycc (@DU09BTC) January 13, 2023
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