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Expert Analyzes Factors Behind Bitcoin Price Weakness, Predicts Positive Recovery
CoinShares Head of Research James Butterfill Recently Joins Analyst Group Scott Melkar to discuss the state of the cryptocurrency market. Butterfill explained that the accuracy of economic forecasts and how they align with actual data is crucial. Currently, most macroeconomic data is falling short of expectations, indicating that analysts have been overly optimistic. This suggests that the U.S. macroeconomy is not as healthy as previously believed.
The Federal Reserve (FED) is part of this trend. While the FED is discussing one rate hike this year, the market is anticipating two. Butterfill believes the market’s prediction is more accurate. If the FED’s Dot Plot changes over the summer and aligns more closely with market expectations by September, this could provide significant support for Bitcoin.
Currently, much of Bitcoin’s initial price weakness and recent drop can be attributed to market disappointment with the Federal Reserve’s stance on rate cuts. The Fed’s indication of only one potential rate cut this year disappointed investors, but Butterfill expects this outlook to change as the year progresses, potentially benefiting Bitcoin.
Butterfill explained that on the altcoin side, we are seeing significant inflows relative to the smaller scale of these assets. For example, Cardano has $52 million in assets under management, but last week saw an inflow of around $1 million. Relative to its size, this is quite substantial. According to him, there has been notable interest in the altcoin market this year, with investors diversifying into multiple cryptocurrencies.
“On the altcoin side, that’s where we’re seeing measurable inflows — well, relative inflows — because obviously the assets under management in these altcoins are much smaller. So if you take something like Cardano, for example, it only has $52 million in assets under management, but last week it saw about a million dollars of inflows. What I’ve seen this year is that people are bottom fishing in the altcoin market,” he said.