Bitcoin price news: BTC stuck at $63,000 as ETF inflows offset selling; CPI inflation looms

Bitcoin price news: BTC stuck at $63,000 as ETF inflows offset selling; CPI inflation looms

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Bitcoin stuck as ETF inflows offset selling, but inflation data could spark a move

Weeks of sideways trading have crushed volatility, leaving Wednesday’s inflation report as the next potential catalyst, analysts said.

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Bitcoin has been stuck in a narrow trading range of about $62,000 to $66,000 for weeks as steady ETF buying is largely offset by selling from miners and corporate holders such as MicroStrategy.

Trading volumes and implied volatility have slumped to multiyear lows, leaving the market with limited momentum and positioning that suggests investors are well hedged rather than betting on a sharp move.

Wednesday’s U.S. CPI report and potential regulatory progress on the Clarity Act are seen as key catalysts that could break bitcoin’s stalemate, though seasonality data show September has historically been a weak month for the cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin

BTC

$

64,014.33

barely budged on Tuesday, extending a five-week standstill as steady demand from exchange-traded funds ran into selling from miners and corporate holders.

BTC slipped to around $63,500, down 0.6% over the past 24 hours. More importantly, the largest cryptocurrency remained trapped in the roughly $62,000-$66,000 range that has contained prices for much of the summer.

“Bitcoin's recent price action has largely been driven by steady ETF inflows being offset by OTC selling from miners and Strategy (MSTR),” Paul Howard, senior director at trading firm Wincent, said.

Daily spot bitcoin ETF flows (SooValue)

Crypto trading volumes have fallen to their lowest levels in three years, he added, leaving little firepower to push BTC decisively in either direction.

Bitfinex analysts also

pointed

to the competing flows. ETFs and bitcoin treasury companies have been two major sources of price-insensitive demand, they said, but corporate treasury activity has recently provided offsetting selling pressure. That helps explain why BTC gained only about 2% last week despite strong ETF inflows and better performance across broader risk markets.

CPI could shake bitcoin from its slumber

Wednesday's U.S. inflation report could finally give traders a reason to break the stalemate.

"Conviction is thin on both sides as summer illiquidity reigns supreme," said Jeff Anderson, managing partner at STS Digital. Implied volatility has collapsed as traders wait for clarity on monetary policy and the fate of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, he added.

That leaves the market primed for a larger move if bitcoin breaks out from the range in either direction, he said. Against that backdrop, Wednesdays’s CPI data — the first major inflation reading since Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s inflation-focused press conference after the July Fed meeting — is arriving as the next test, Anderson noted.

Howard expects consolidation to persist into mid-September without a fundamental catalyst, with regulatory progress on the Clarity Act potentially providing the next significant spark. Derivatives positioning also shows investors remain well hedged, suggesting traders aren't betting heavily on an imminent breakout.

The calendar could become less friendly if the stalemate lasts, STS Digital’s Anderson said. September has historically been bitcoin's weakest month, falling about 4% on average since 2013, CoinGlass data shows.

Bitcoin monthly returns (CoinGlass)

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