Bitcoin Price Falls Before Christmas Despite Strong CPI Data: Your Weekly Crypto Recap

CPI was below expectations, but BTC is down again.

2025 is quickly coming to an end, and although it's pretty impressive for a large part, it could be a red year for BTC. The past week or so has not helped cryptocurrency.

Recall that the asset declined by $94,500 last business week when the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates. Then, all eyes lit up over the next several days as more key economic data was released, with volatility expected to be very high.

The business week started off on the wrong foot on Monday afternoon as BTC was pushed by several grand. It dropped from $90,000 to $86,000 in a matter of hours. Attempting to gain some ground, it exploded on Wednesday to reach $90,500. However, this turned out to be another false result and Bitcoin quickly lost momentum, plunging below $85,500.

The community turned its attention to the release of CPI data in the US on Thursday. Although both the core and standard consumer price index showed much healthier inflation than expected, the positive impact on BTC prices was short-lived. The cryptocurrency immediately jumped from $87,000 to $89,500, then stopped again and moved south to a multi-week low of $84,500.

It managed to find some support there and now sits at around $88,000. This means that it is down 5% every week, which is still less than other big losers like ETH (-9%), SOL (-10%), ADA (-14%), LINK (-12%) and HYPE (-18%). XMR is the only difference here, with a weekly increase of 5%.

Market data

Market Value: $3.053T | 24H Volume: $166B | BTC dominance: 57.5%

BTC: $88,000 (-4.9%) | ETH: $2,960 (-9%) | XRP: $1.87 (-8.6%)

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