The value of the queen of cryptocurrencies fell by 7.7% this Friday morning.
While its price had stabilized and analysts thought it had bottomed out, bitcoin slipped again this Friday morning. At 6:30 a.m., the price of the queen of cryptocurrencies fell by 7.7%, leading the value of a token to 21,404 dollars (21,218 euros). It recovered slightly in the hours that followed but remains volatile.
If it is difficult to explain what justifies this fall, it could be a statement by James Bullard, an official of the American central bank. He plans to raise the key interest rate again in order to exert “significant downward pressure on inflation“.
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Bitcoin’s swings have become very predictable in recent months. The value of virtual currency is correlated to the macroeconomic environment: the health of the Nasdaq, variations in inflation and central bank policies cause the price of the token to rise or fall.
Ether, the second most popular cryptocurrency is experiencing a similar pullback. Its price fell to 1,742 dollars (-5.58%).
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