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title: Bitcoin's Price Alchemy: Unraveling the Influence of Macro Announcements on Volatility and Trading Volume in an Era of Rising Inflation
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4478184/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4478184
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4478184
featured: 2025-12-28
citations: 0
topic: Crypto & DeFi
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# Bitcoin's Price Alchemy: Unraveling the Influence of Macro Announcements on Volatility and Trading Volume in an Era of Rising Inflation

Bitcoin's price volatility significantly reacts to FOMC and CPI announcements, showing unique patterns during inflation.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4478184
- Identifier: SSRN 4478184
- Released: 2023-06-14
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 124 (2025-12-28): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-12-28/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 0
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Crypto & DeFi

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