Bitcoin slipped back below $80,000 on Friday after US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh pledged to bring inflation back to target, pushing short-term Treasury yields higher and cooling some of the week’s risk-on momentum.
Warsh’s comments also prompted traders to sharply raise their bets on a rate hike. The probability of a hike rose to 57%, from 30% before his speech in Wyoming, according to official CME FedWatch data.