The cryptographic sector was mainly flat for the day, since a brief rally that followed better than the US inflation data. UU. They quickly lost steam.
Bitcoin (BTC) is quoted at $ 82,800, 0.5% less in the last 24 hours. Coindesk 20, an index of the 20 main cryptocurrencies that exclude exchange, stable and memecoras coins, is lower by 0.8% in the same period of time.
Turning that broader caliber was Ether (ETH) is the active of worse performance in the index and currently out of 3.5% to approximately $ 1,880. At 0.022, the ETH/BTC ratio is now at the same level as in April 2020, just before Defi Summer brought projects such as Uniswap and Makerdao in the center of attention. The ETH/BTC ratio has plunged an amazing 67% since its maximum of all time in November 2021.
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“The lower IPC today should be optimistic, pointing to faster rates cuts, but cryptography has not reacted strongly,” said Dr. Yowewei Yang, chief economist of Bit Mining, to Coindesk by email. “Fear weeks require more than a good impression to recover confidence.”
“The real problem is Trump’s aggressive rates, which run the risk of making inflation more sticky and at the same time crash into the markets,” Yang added, also mentioning the dismissals initiated by the Government Efficiency Department (Doge). “This puts the Fed in a link: the high inflation of the tariffs causes the rate cuts to be more difficult. Market shocks and job losses press Fed to reduce rates before. Cutting too early could rekindle inflation, making future politics more difficult. “
Currently, the market expects the Federal Reserve to restart the tariff cuts, perhaps as soon as May or June, with the possibility of so many basic points in cuts in October.
US actions enjoyed a modest rebound on Wednesday after a drop of approximately 10% in recent weeks. The Nasdaq closed with an advance of 1.2%, while the S&P 500 achieved a gain of 0.5%.
