Bitcoin's price falls after new data shows jump in US consumer prices

Bitcoin fell sharply during Tuesday morning's trade after new data released by the U.S. Labor Department showed a jump in consumer prices — a slight confutation of the narrative that the cryptocurrency does well in the face of higher inflation. 

The consumer price index or CPI increased 0.9% last month, representing a jump of 5.4% relative to June 2020, according to the new data.

Bitcoin fell as the data was announced from highs above $33,000 to slightly above $32,000, a percentage decline of 2.35%

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Proponents of bitcoin, including famed investor Paul Tudor Jones, have backed bitcoin as a hedge against inflation and aggressive US monetary policy, decried as "money printing."

Still, bitcoin doesn't appear to always trade as a safe haven asset or hedge against inflation. 

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