Bitcoin dropped as it became clear that inflation was worse than expected in January.

Bitcoin dropped as consumer prices rose more than expected last month, indicating the pace of inflation accelerated in January after running hotter over the previous three months.The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3% in the 12 months through January, the <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm" rel="nofollow">Bureau of Labor Statistics</a> (BLS) said Wednesday. Economists expected the index, which tracks price changes across a broad range of goods and services, to show a 2.9% annual increase. In September, annual inflation had cooled to 2.4%, per the BLS.The <a href="https://decrypt.co/resources/what-is-bitcoin-four-minute-instant-guide-explainer" rel="nofollow">Bitcoin price</a> dropped to <a href="https://decrypt.co/price/bitcoin" rel="nofollow">$94,250</a> on the back of Wednesday’s CPI print, diving 2.3% in 15 minutes. The price of <a href="https://decrypt.co/resources/what-is-ethereum-quickly-explained-four-minute-guide" rel="nofollow">Ethereum</a> and <a href="https://decrypt.co/resources/what-is-solana-a-scalable-decentralized-network-for-dapps" rel="nofollow">Solana</a> also fell to <a href="https://decrypt.co/price/ethereum" rel="nofollow">$2,600</a> and <a href="https://decrypt.co/price/solana" rel="nofollow">$193</a>, respectively, according to CoinGecko data.Stripping out volatile food and energy prices, so-called core inflation ticked up to to 3.3% in January after showing a 3.2% increase in the 12 months through December. Used to gauge underlying inflation trends, the measure came in slightly hotter economists expected.Bitcoin’s price boomed as the Federal Reserve’s benchmark interest rate was lowered last year from a 23-year high to a target range of 4.25% to 4.50%. At their latest policy meeting, however, Fed officials decided not to cut, <a href="https://decrypt.co/303427/bitcoin-price-dips-spikes-fed-skips-rate-cut-trump" rel="nofollow">standing by</a> a relatively cautious stance last month.During the Fed’s December policy meeting, officials <a href="https://decrypt.co/300061/fed-inflation-tough-tame-under-bitcoin-friendly-trump" rel="nofollow">signaled</a> that they are monitoring potential shifts in trade and immigration policy as a potential barrier to restoring 2% price stability. Speaking yesterday before Congress for the first time since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Fed Chair Jerome Powell was peppered on Tuesday with questions regarding Trump’s trade war.“It's not the Fed's job to make or comment on tariff policy,” Powell said. “[The Fed’s job] is to try to react to it in a thoughtful, sensible way.”Powell maintained that the U.S. central bank is prepared to respond if inflation cools or the labor market weakens. But the economy remains in solid shape, he said, and the Fed does “not need to be in a hurry to adjust” interest rates, given last year’s cuts.Less than two weeks ago, the Commerce Department reported an increase in its Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index—<a href="https://www.bea.gov/news/2025/personal-income-and-outlays-december-2024" rel="nofollow">indicating</a> the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge rose 2.6% annually in December, accelerating from 2.4% the month before.Risk assets like stocks and crypto tend to thrive amid lower interest rates, which encourage borrowing and spending. At the same time, they can contribute to inflation.At this point, market participants have grown doubtful that the Fed will cut rates very much at all in 2025. Traders on Wednesday penciled in a more than 50% chance that the Fed delivers just one 25-basis-point rate cut this year, or none at all, according to <a href="https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html" rel="nofollow">CME FedWatch</a>.Still, the Fed won’t conduct its next policy meeting until mid-March. That leaves plenty of time for more data between Wednesday’s inflation print and Fed officials’ next move.Edited by <a href="https://decrypt.co/author/stacy" rel="nofollow">Stacy Elliott</a>.

Bitcoin, Ethereum Drop as US Reports Inflation Rose to 3% in January

比特幣下跌,因為1月份通脹情況比預期更糟。

比特幣價格下跌,因為上個月消費者價格上漲幅度超出預期,表明通脹速度在前三個月高漲後在1月加速。勞工統計局資料顯示,消費者價格指數在過去12個月內上漲3%。經濟學家預計該指數,即跟蹤一系列商品和服務價格變化的指數,將年增2.9%。去年9月,年度通脹率已降至2.4%。比特幣價格在週三的CPI資料公佈後下跌至94,250美元,15分鐘內下跌2.3%。Ethereum和Solana的價格也分別下跌至2,600美元和193美元。剔除波動性較大的食品和能源價格後的核心通脹率在1月上升至3.3%,高於12月的3.2%。這一衡量基礎通脹趨勢的指標略高於預期。隨著聯儲局基準利率從23年高位降至4.25%-4.50%的目標區間,比特幣價格曾大漲。但在最近的政策會議上,聯儲官員決定不再降息,維持相對謹慎的立場。在12月的政策會議上,聯儲官員表示,他們正在監測貿易和移民政策的潛在變化,這可能成為恢復2%價格穩定的障礙。在特朗普就職後首次出席國會聽證會時,鮑威爾被問及特朗普的貿易戰。他表示,制定關稅政策不是聯儲的職責,聯儲的工作是以周到、明智的方式應對。鮑威爾表示,如果通脹降溫或就業市場疲軟,聯儲準備做出反應。但他說,鑑於去年的降息,經濟仍然保持良好狀態,聯儲"無需急於調整"利率。不到兩週前,商務部報告顯示,個人消費支出價格指數上升,表明聯儲首選的通脹指標在12月同比上漲2.6%,高於前一個月的2.4%。股票和加密貨幣等風險資產在利率較低時往往表現良好,因為這鼓勵借貸和消費。但同時也可能加劇通脹。目前,市場參與者對聯儲今年大幅降息的可能性越來越懷疑。交易員預計,聯儲今年最多隻會降25個基點的利率,或根本不會降息。不過,聯儲要到3月中旬才開下一次政策會議,屆時可能會有更多資料出臺,影響聯儲的下一步動作。

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