Bitcoin (BTC (-1.21%)) trading around $48,204 as of 21:15 UTC (4:15 p.m. ET). Declining 4.5% over the previous 24 hours.
Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $47,578-$51,781 (CoinDesk 20)
Bitcoin’s price fell by the most in a week after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged he “would be concerned” by tightening financial conditions because rising U.S. government-bond yields put upward pressure on borrowing costs.
The comments might signal more hesitation in providing fresh monetary stimulus. Bitcoin prices quadrupled last year and have rallied 66% this year on speculation the cryptocurrency could serve as an inflation hedge in the face of trillions of dollars of money printing by central banks around the world.
As of press time, bitcoin was changing hands around $48,204, down about 4.5% over the past 24 hours.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks Thursday with the Wall Street Journal.
Powell said in a question-and-answer session with the Wall Street Journal he doesn’t expect higher inflation to persist and that the central bank is still “a long way from our goals” of an economic recovery and lower unemployment.
Digital assets on the CoinDesk 20 are mostly green Tuesday. Notable winners as of 21:15 UTC (4:15 p.m. ET):
XRP (XRP (+2.87%)) + 4.8%
kyber network (KNC (+13.57%)) + 4.0%
Notable losers:
cosmos (ATOM (-3.43%)) + 9.9%
cardano (ADA (+2.41%)) + 9.7%
Equities:
S&P 500 -1.3%
FTSE 100 -0.4%
Nikkei 225 -2.1%
Bonds:
U.S. Treasury 10-year yield +0.054 percentage point to 1.55%