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🚨 Inflation data released! But Bitcoin is rising, what signals is the market sending?
On April 12, the United States announced the March CPI inflation data:
📊 Core data
CPI annual rate: 3.3% (below market expectation of 3.4%)
Core CPI: 2.6% (below expected 2.7%)
On the surface, the data looks "moderate," but there's a key point many people overlook 👇
⚠️ This is the highest inflation level since May 2024.
In other words:
Inflation hasn't truly come down.
📈 The market's reaction is quite interesting:
Interest rate expectations have been pushed back again
Market expects rate cuts may be delayed until 2026 or later
But Bitcoin has risen about 1.63%, once again breaking the key resistance level of $75k
💡 Why is this happening?
The reason is quite simple:
Many funds have already priced in inflation risk in advance.
In early March, tensions in the Middle East escalated, oil prices surged to $112 per barrel, and energy prices rising had already led the market to expect inflation to pick up.
So this time, the CPI "below expectations,"
More because the market had already digested the bad news.
📊 What does this mean for the crypto market?
Positive aspects:
✅ Bitcoin still rising under geopolitical and inflation pressures
✅ Indicates that market risk appetite hasn't significantly decreased
✅ More and more funds are treating BTC as a macro hedge asset
Things to watch out for:
⚠️ If rate cut timing continues to be delayed
⚠️ The high-interest-rate environment may suppress the growth potential of some risk assets
My core view:
What truly influences the market is never the data itself, but whether the market has already priced it in in advance.
🧠 A piece of investment insight for everyone:
The market is not about predicting the future, but about constantly pricing the future in advance.
While many are still studying the data,
The big funds have already laid out their strategies early. 🌱📈🚀#Gate上线Pre-IPOs #原油小幅上涨 #Gate广场四月发帖挑战 #易理华成立AI基金OpenXLabs