By George Glover
Bitcoin was edging higher on Wednesday, ahead of a key inflation print that could help determine whether the cryptocurrency will be able to cling onto its recent gains.
The world's largest token by market valuation was up 0.4% to $109,500 over the past 24 hours, according to data from CoinDesk. It's now about 2% off the all-time high of just under $112,000 it hit last month.
Bitcoin has tended to move in line with the stock market this year, so the May consumer price index reading, due out at 8.30 a.m. Eastern time, could drive up or drag down prices. Economists are expecting inflation to climb to 2.5%, up from 2.3% in April, according to a FactSet poll. A bigger flare-up than that could make it even tougher for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates at all this year, which would likely sap demand for riskier assets like cryptos.
Other tokens were also rising ahead of the inflation report. Ethereum rose 4.3%, XRP climbed 0.6%, and Solana added 5.2%, according to data from the crypto exchange Kraken.
Write to George Glover at george.glover@dowjones.com
This content was created by Barron's, which is operated by Dow Jones & Co. Barron's is published independently from Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 11, 2025 05:04 ET (09:04 GMT)
Copyright (c) 2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
免責聲明：投資有風險，本文並非投資建議，以上內容不應被視為任何金融產品的購買或出售要約、建議或邀請，作者或其他用戶的任何相關討論、評論或帖子也不應被視為此類內容。本文僅供一般參考，不考慮您的個人投資目標、財務狀況或需求。TTM對信息的準確性和完整性不承擔任何責任或保證，投資者應自行研究並在投資前尋求專業建議。