Home Industry Finance Bitcoin drops to one-month low as US CPI report hurts sentiment The world’s largest digital token tumbled as much as 6.4 per cent to $25,593, its lowest level since May 12 by Bloomberg June 13, 2022 Bitcoin continued its selloff into Asia’s Monday morning as part of broader declines in cryptocurrencies after a sharp rise in US inflation triggered risk-off sentiment. The world’s largest digital token tumbled as much as 6.4 per cent to $25,593, its lowest level since May 12, in a seventh day of losses. Ether fell as much as 9 per cent to $1,342.32. Other coins tracked by Bloomberg including Cardano, Dogecoin, Polkadot and Avalanche were also in the red. “Cryptos remain at the mercy of the Fed and stuck in a merry dance with the Nasdaq and other risk assets,” said Antoni Trenchev, co-founder and managing partner of crypto lender Nexo. “We’re hearing Bitcoin forecasts in the mid-teen and single-digit thousands which tells you the type of macro environment crypto is facing for the first time — and the levels of fear.” Traders are boosting bets for a more aggressive pace of Federal Reserve tightening after data on Friday showed US inflation jumped to a fresh 40-year high in May. This triggered a selloff in risk assets including crypto and stocks. Tags Bitcoin Ether Federal Reserve inflation US 0 Comments You might also like Etihad Airways debuts A380 service to New York Bitcoin ‘halving’ has taken place, CoinGecko says What is Bitcoin halving and when will it take place? Inflation in Saudi Arabia cools despite housing rental rises