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Bitcoin sits well below its $126,000 peak as rates dominate
Bitcoin was trading around $86,000, about one third below its roughly $126,000 record high, with Fed minutes and this week’s US data cited as key catalysts.
A year after Bitcoin set a record high near $126,000, it is trading around $86,000, roughly a third below the peak. Forexlive notes that rate hikes, multi-decade-high yields, and an oil shock have weighed on demand, even as a weaker US jobs report helped lift prices this month.
The outlet says Bitcoin’s direction appears increasingly linked to US rates and the dollar rather than crypto-specific news. It points to Wednesday’s Fed minutes and upcoming US data as key catalysts for the market.
Forexlive also highlights cooling ETF inflows, suggesting institutional demand is easing and leaving any rally more dependent on macro relief than fresh buying. The report adds that light leverage and normal funding rates reduce the risk of a forced-selling cascade, but also reflect limited conviction.
Finally, oil is described as a swing factor for Bitcoin, because another move higher in crude could revive inflation and rate-hike fears, which historically have been a headwind for the token. Forexlive frames the past year as a shift where Bitcoin increasingly “answers” to the bond market, with the Fed remaining central to any recovery.
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