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Bitcoin Traders Eye Potential Rally With $2.5 Billion In USDT and USDC Inflows

The $2.5 billion in USDT and USDC stablecoins provide major thrust for Bitcoin price rally in past week. US CPI data to decide next move.

Published by

Bhushan Akolkar

Published 14 Aug, 2024 | 07:07:22 AM UTC

Bitcoin Traders Eye Potential Rally With $2.5 Billion In USDT and USDC Inflows

Highlights

With over $2.5 million in USDT and USDC issued in a week, strong liquidity flow is back in crypto market.
This shows the rising institutional demand in the market as the Bitcoin ETF inflows resume again.
All eyes will be on the US CPI inflation data to determine further directional movement in the crypto market.

With eyes on the US CPI inflation data, Bitcoin and the broader crypto market have staged a strong recovery in the recent short covering. The Bitcoin price has surged another 3% today shooting past $61,000 levels amid the strong stablecoin inflows happening over the past week.

Bitcoin Traders Bet on $2.5 Billion Stablecoin Inflow

Bitcoin traders are expecting a potential bullish impact regarding the $2.5 billion stablecoin inflows happening over the past week. As per the data from 10X Research, Tether and Circle have been behind in issuing the USDT and USDC stablecoins over the past which which suggests that institutional investors are ready to inject fresh capital into the market.

Courtesy: 10x Research

The traders believe that this could potentially be the reason behind the recent Bitcoin short covering. Furthermore, inflows into the spot BTC ETFs have also picked up recently suggesting the growing institutional demand for the BTC asset class. Banking giant Goldman Sachs submitted a disclosure to the Bitcoin ETF trading activity for the second quarter revealing its $418 million to these investment products.

10x Research noted that money flows have paused since April 2024, which has led to a subsequent price correction for BTC. However, the resurgence in the money flows through the rising USDT and USDC supply has provided some boost to the broader crypto market. Furthermore, the on-chain shows that Tether has minted more than $1 billion in USDT in the last 24 hours while further transferring them to centralized exchanges (CEXs) including binance, Coinbase, Kraken, etc.

The #TetherTreasury minted 1B $USDT on #Ethereum and transferred 183.2M $USDT to #Cumberland for CEX deposits in the past 13 hours!

Cumberland has received 953M $USDT from Tether and injected 906.7M $USDT into various CEXs, including #Coinbase, #Kraken, #OKX, #Binance, and… https://t.co/XLlzMYRG3X pic.twitter.com/qEUJJ0KWI1

— Spot On Chain (@spotonchain) August 14, 2024

Crypto Market Recovery Amid USDT, USDC Flows

The Bitcoin price has staged a strong recovery this week gaining more than 10% on the weekly charts amid the liquidity resurgence. Furthermore, the broader crypto market has seen similar similar upside with Ethereum leading the altcoin market.

The macro developments this week would be key in deciding the future trajectory of the crypto market from here onwards.

Bhushan Akolkar

Bhushan is a seasoned crypto writer with over eight years of experience spanning more than 10,000 contributions across multiple platforms like CoinGape, CoinSpeaker, Bitcoinist, Crypto News Flash, and others. Being a Fintech enthusiast, he loves reporting across Crypto, Blockchain, DeFi, Global Macros with a keen understanding in financial markets.   He is committed to continuous learning and stays motivated by sharing the knowledge he acquires. In his free time, Bhushan enjoys reading thriller fiction novels and occasionally explores his culinary skills. Bhushan has a bachelors degree in electronics engineering, however, his interest in finance and economics drives him to crypto and blockchain.

Published by

Bhushan Akolkar

Published 14 Aug, 2024 | 07:07:22 AM

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