{"id":7976,"date":"2025-10-27T19:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/forget-inflation-bitcoin-rallies-when-the-dollar-falls-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T19:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:13:11","slug":"forget-inflation-bitcoin-rallies-when-the-dollar-falls-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/forget-inflation-bitcoin-rallies-when-the-dollar-falls-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget Inflation: Bitcoin Rallies When The Dollar Falls, Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to NYDIG research<\/a>, Bitcoin\u2019s price moves are driven more by the strength of the US dollar and broad liquidity conditions than by direct ties to inflation.<\/p>\n

Greg Cipolaro, NYDIG\u2019s global head of research, said the data show weak and inconsistent links between inflation<\/a> measures and Bitcoin. That view shifts attention away from the old narrative that Bitcoin is mainly an inflation hedge.<\/p>\n

Inflation Link Weak<\/h2>\n

Cipolaro argued that expectations for inflation are a slightly better signal than headline inflation readings, but still not a tight predictor of Bitcoin\u2019s price<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Instead, Bitcoin and gold both tend to gain when the US dollar weakens. While gold\u2019s inverse relation with the dollar is long established, Bitcoin\u2019s opposite movement to the dollar is newer but visible.<\/p>\n

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Gold And Bitcoin React To Dollar Moves<\/h2>\n

Based on reports, gold<\/a> has historically climbed as the dollar falls. Bitcoin is following that pattern, though its correlation is less steady than gold\u2019s.<\/p>\n

As Bitcoin becomes more connected with mainstream finance, NYDIG expects that its inverse relationship with the dollar will likely strengthen.<\/p>\n

This makes sense to traders who price everything in dollars and seek alternatives when the greenback loses purchasing power.<\/p>\n

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Interest Rates And Money Supply<\/p>\n

Cipolaro highlighted interest rates and money supply as the two major macro levers that move both gold and Bitcoin.<\/p>\n

Lower interest rates and looser monetary policy have tended to support higher prices for these assets.<\/p>\n

In simple terms: when borrowing costs drop and liquidity rises, Bitcoin often benefits. The note framed gold as more of a real-rate hedge, while Bitcoin is described as acting like a gauge of market liquidity \u2014 a subtle but important distinction for investors.<\/p>\n

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\nIlliquid Supply Drops, Selling Pressure Returns<\/p>\n

On-chain data show signs of renewed selling. Reports say illiquid Bitcoin \u2014 coins held in long-dormant wallets \u2014 fell from 14.38 million earlier in October to 14.300 million on the 23rd of October.<\/p>\n

That change means roughly 62,000 BTC, worth about $6.8 billion at recent prices, moved back into circulation. In the past, large inflows did exert price pressure. In January 2024, a substantial sum of coins came available that caused the price momentum to soften.<\/p>\n

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According to Glassnode data, there has been a consistent selloff from wallets holding from 0.1 to 100 BTC, and first-time buyer supply has contracted down to ~213,000 BTC.<\/p>\n

The overall assessment from a macro perspective and on-chain metrics is not favorable. Demand from new buyers appears to be lighter, momentum traders appear to have stepped aside, and more coins are now available to trade. This combination can blunt rallies or deepen pullbacks until liquidity conditions improve or the dollar weakens.<\/p>\n

Featured image from Gemini, chart from TradingView<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to NYDIG research, Bitcoin\u2019s price moves are driven more by the strength of the US dollar and broad liquidity conditions than by direct ties to inflation. Greg Cipolaro, NYDIG\u2019s global head of research, said the data show weak and inconsistent links between inflation measures and Bitcoin. That view shifts attention away from the old…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[56,55,61,70,36,239,97],"class_list":["post-7976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin-news","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin-news","tag-btc","tag-btcusd","tag-crypto","tag-digital-currency","tag-gold"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}