Bitcoin price has been showing signs of a potential short-term recovery over the past few days and even tapped its highest level in two weeks, above $26,500. The premier cryptocurrency has gained nearly 2% over the past week, erasing some of the losses made in the previous days. Even so, the asset remains 9% below in the month to date. Bitcoin’s total market cap has climbed by more than 1% over the last day to $518 billion, while the total volume of BTC traded over the same period decreased by more than 9%.

Inflation Concerns

Like most major altcoins, Bitcoin price noted a slight bearish initial response to the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) data published on September 13. Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed headline inflation by the CPI came in at 3.7%, ahead of the predicted 3.6% year-on-year and higher than July’s 3.2% rate. Annual core CPI, which excluded food and energy prices, decreased to 4.3% in August, in line with forecasts and down from July’s 4.7% reading.

The Producer Price Index (PPI) data released on Thursday suggested bearable levels of inflation following a monthly increase of 0.7% and an annual increase of 1.6% in August. The monthly reading was higher than the estimated 0.4% increase. The core PPI came in at 0.2% for the month, in line with analysts’ expectations.

Retail sales data also published on Thursday…

Bitcoin price has been on a 4-day consecutive rally, jumping more than 29% since Friday when Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. Despite the tough year so far, BTC has been among the best-performing cryptocurrencies, jumping 57% in the year to date. At the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading 7% higher at $25,820.

BTC is Outperforming

Bitcoin price has been rallying in its recent trading sessions despite the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank last week on Friday. The coin’s recent rally has been largely boosted by the current bullish momentum in the markets. Bitcoin’s coin market cap has increased by more than 7% in the past 24 hours, while the total volume of the coin traded slipped 8%.

Data by Coinmarketcap shows that the global crypto market cap has increased further by 5.19% to $1.13 trillion, while the total crypto market volume has decreased by 15.96% over the same period. Bitcoin’s dominance has increased by 0.83% over the last day to 44.24%.

The rally in the crypto market has been intricately linked to the recent US Consumer Price Index (CPI) data. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported a 0.4% increase in inflation in February from January, matching consensus estimates by analysts.

The CPI reading declined to 6% year on year, down from 6.4% in January, in line with market expectations. The core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, came in at…

The XRP price drifted upwards as investors reflected on the ongoing SEC vs Ripple case. Ripple rose to a high of $0.348, which was slightly above this month’s low of $0.3330. It remains about 15% below the highest level this month, giving it a market cap of more than $17 billion.

SEC vs Ripple case turns 2

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched one of the biggest lawsuits in the industry on December 20th, 2020. It accused Ripple Labs and its top officials of selling securities to investors without following the right process.

Ripple has denied claims that XRP is a security. Instead, it has insisted that XRP is a normal cryptocurrency like Bitcoin and Litecoin. It has continued defending itself aggressively against the case.

The SEC and Ripple have had different victories along the way. The most recent victory by Ripple was a ruling that allowed its lawyers to have access to a speech by William Hinman, a former SEC director. Ripple argues that his speech will provide more evidence that the SEC knew that XRP was not a security.

It is still too early to predict who will win between the SEC and Ripple. Still, analysts believe that the XRP price will do well regardless of who wins in court. For one, the worst-case scenario will likely…