{"id":380282,"date":"2023-03-14T14:28:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=380282"},"modified":"2023-03-14T14:28:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:28:48","slug":"bitcoin-price-breaks-above-26k-following-cpi-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/bitcoin-price-breaks-above-26k-following-cpi-data","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Price Breaks Above $26K Following CPI Data"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin price trades at $26,045, rising 16.21% in the last 24 hours as the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for February 2023 came in. The big crypto<\/a> flashed above $26,400, levels last seen in June last year as its market cap crossed the half-a-trillion mark.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other top-cap cryptos were also flashing green with Ethereum<\/a>, the second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, soaring 9.67% over the last day to brush shoulders with $1,750. Binance Coin was also up 5.56% to trade at $316 while the international remittances token XRP has rallied 5.05% over the same time frame to exchange hands at $0.38.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other top non-stablecoin cryptos such as Cardano, Polygon and Dogecoin posted 7.67%, 10.04% and 9.43% gains on the day respectively. The total crypto market cap is back above the $1 trillion mark after rising 11.94% to the current value of $1.14 trillion, according to <\/span>data<\/span><\/a> from CoinMarketCap.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Top 10 Cryptos<\/b><\/p>\n

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The US banking crisis occasioned by the collapse of three crypto-friendly banks Signature Bank, Silicon ValleyBank and Silvergate bank appears to be wearing out as the Crypto Fear and Greed Index slid into the \u201cGreed\u201d zone on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source<\/strong>: Alternative<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to Alternative, an organization that analyzes market sentiments around Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, \u201cpeople tend to get greedy when the market is rising which results in FOMO (Fear of missing out).\u201d This appears to be the case in the crypto market at the moment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bitcoin Price Reacts Positively To CPI Data<\/span><\/h2>\n

Traders are afraid of missing out on the short-term gains occasioned by the United States Department of Labour\u2019s CPI data which rose by 0.4% in February 2023. The department also noted that the all-items index indicating inflation increased by 6% over the last 12 months. The Labour department observes that inflation saw its losers increase over the last year since the period ending September 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Traditional finance markets reacted with volatility after the release of the CPI data with the big crypto reacting positively as earlier explained. at the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading in a fourth consecutive bullish session with today’s surge bringing the total gains to 33.5% over the last four days.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note that the moving averages were facing up and Relative Strength Index (RSI) was moving northward into the positive region. This suggested that the buyers were in control of the pioneer cryptocurrency. Note that BTC\u2019s<\/a> uptrend will gain momentum once the RSI crosses the 70-value line into the overbought region.<\/span><\/p>\n

BTC\/USD Daily Chart<\/b><\/p>\n

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Note that the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) has sent a call to buy Bitcoin on the daily chart. This occurred on Monday when the 12-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) crossed below the 26-day EMA, adding credence to the bullish outlook.<\/span><\/p>\n

As such, Bitcoin\u2019s price may continue rising with a move from the current price taking it first to $28,000 and later $30,000 in the near term.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite this, not everyone is impressed by Bitcoin\u2019s sudden surge in price. Peter Schiff, who took to Twitter yesterday to say that although Bitcoin\u2019s price has gone up more than gold\u2019s price, doesn\u2019t make it a better hedge against inflation moments ago received a response from CZ, Co-Founder and CEO of Binance. CZ jokingly said that everyone knows that gold is almost as good as Bitcoin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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We know. We know Gold is almost as good. \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n

— CZ \ud83d\udd36 BNB (@cz_binance) March 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n