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Bitcoin\u2019s price on Friday shot above $81,000 \u2014 despite a week of setbacks for the crypto industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The biggest coin was recently trading<\/a> for $80,982, after jumping as high as $81,055 at one point Friday morning in New York. Over the past 24 hours, it has risen by nearly 6%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Its surge comes after lawmakers on Tuesday blocked<\/a> long-awaited crypto legislation, the Clarity Act, and the Federal Reserve on Wednesday hiked<\/a> interest rates.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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JUST IN: Bitcoin surges to $81,000 \"\ud83d\ude80\" pic.twitter.com\/EQi5apUlxU<\/a><\/p>\n

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Digital asset industry bigwigs had long called for clear rules to regulate the crypto space and the Clarity Act \u2014 which wants to divide oversight between regulators \u2014 aimed to do that. But lawmakers blocked the landmark digital asset market structure bill in a procedural vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And the Federal Reserve increased borrowing costs for the first time due to skyrocketing inflation in the U.S. The central bank\u2019s chair, Kevin Warsh, said that price stability in the U.S. was the Fed\u2019s number one priority.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plain fact is that inflation is too high, and has been for too long,\u201d Warsh said. \u201cThis summer\u2019s inflation readings do not tell me that underlying trends have meaningfully improved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bitcoin has in the past done well in a low interest rate environment because it means there is more liquidity to trade the asset.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Bitcoin\u2019s price dipped initially news of the Clarity Act blockage and Fed\u2019s move, it shot up on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the U.S. have so far this week experienced net negative flows, with investors cashing out nearly $427 million from the vehicles, according<\/a> to Farside Investors data.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Flows on Thursday turned positive, with investors chucking nearly $160 million at the funds following two days of consecutive outflows.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a research note Thursday, asset manager Grayscale said<\/a> that it didn\u2019t expect bitcoin\u2019s price to be hurt by the Fed\u2019s decision because the move reflects a mid-cycle adjustment, not a cyclical change.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And despite lawmakers blocking the Clarity Act, regulators like the SEC are already pushing ahead with pro-crypto regulation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This post Bitcoin Price Surges Over $81,000 Despite Clarity Act Fail and Interest Rate Hike<\/a> first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine<\/a> and is written by Mathew Di Salvo<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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