BTC Shorts and Longs Liquidated Amid CPI Data Release

The price of Bitcoin slightly dropped to low range levels of $21.5k after the CPI data release.
Over the last year, prices for various products and services rose 6.4%.
Prices grew by 0.5% in January compared to a more modest growth of 0.1% in December.

On Tuesday, amid the announcement of the Consumer Price Index, bitcoin’s price dropped to low range levels of $21.5k. Nevertheless, it lasted for a short while and led to an equal number of long and short liquidations on BTC.

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After then, the market went through an unanticipated upswing, although many people would have predicted that the CPI coming in lower than expected would result in a decline. Instead, the market again inflated, which was just the opposite of what analysts had anticipated it would do.

There were a lot of people who lost their money, and there was no logical way to predict this pump.

However, this is allegedly what the cryptocurrency markets always do, proving everyone wrong once they think they can easily predict it all. According to familiar sources, this move caused a massive $23M short liquidations in just a simple activity.

It is crucial to note that inflation decreased for the seventh consecutive month in January. This decrease was supported by reduced costs for used automobiles and offered some comfort to customers dealing with high prices over the previous year.

According to newly released data from the consumer price index, prices for various goods and services have increased by 6.4% over the previous 12 months. However, this figure shows a slight decrease from an annual rate of 6.5% in December and a 40-year high of 9.1% in June.

On a month-to-month basis, however, prices grew by 0.5% in January compared to a more modest growth of 0.1% in December. Again, costs associated with housing were the primary factor for the acceleration.

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