Bitcoin traders weather US CPI miss as ETH price tags 20-month high

BTC price volatility keeps up the pace as the first spot ETFs prepare to trade, but Ethereum hijacks Bitcoin when it comes to gains.

Bitcoin (BTC) fought for range highs into the Jan. 11 Wall Street open as United States macro data returned inflation to the radar.

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked volatile pre-market BTC price moves focusing on $47,000.

The December print of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell short of expectations for inflation slowing, instead revealing that prices were rising more quickly than predicted.

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