Cryptocurrencies’ market capitalization has grown rapidly in recent years. This blog post analyzes the role of macro factors as possible drivers of cryptocurrency prices. We take a high-frequency perspective, and we focus on Bitcoin since its market capitalization dwarfs that of all other cryptocurrencies combined. The key finding is that, unlike other asset classes, Bitcoin has not responded significantly to U.S. macro and monetary policy news. This disconnect is puzzling, as unexpected changes in discount rates should, in principle, affect the price of Bitcoin. Day-to-day transactions: This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.
On Thursday, the US announced its consumer price index inflation data for October month. US inflation has slowed down for the fourth month at 7.7% --- reaching the lowest level since January this year. The latest slowdown is even better than expected. Earlier, in June, the US consumer price index made its largest increase in 40 years during June month at 9.1%. 1. Deflationary Cryptocurrencies FILE - A man passes by a screen showing the prices of bitcoin at a virtual currency exchange office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. When cryptocurrencies collapsed and companies failed last year, Congress considered multiple approaches for how to regulate cryptocurrencies in the future. However, most of those efforts have gone nowhere, especially in this chaotic year that has been dominated by geopolitical tensions, inflation and the upcoming 2024 election. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)