Bitcoin zooms above $61,000 as inflation fears soften
Bitcoin prices rose above $61,000 following comments from Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh suggesting that inflation risks are subsiding. This gain occurred despite a broader market downturn in the tech sector, where concerns over AI chip demand triggered significant sell-offs in Asian markets.
Why it matters
The divergence between crypto performance and tech stocks suggests a potential shift in investor sentiment, as capital may be rotating back into digital assets amid cooling inflation fears.
The lift came from the Federal Reserve. Chair Kevin Warsh told the European Central Bank's forum in Sintra, Portugal, that inflation risks had come down, his first notably softer comment since a hawkish June rate outlook set off weeks of outflows from U.S. bitcoin exchange-traded funds.
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