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Story: Bitcoin Climbs Past $60,000 as Warsh Signals Easing Inflation Risk

By Sakamoto Nashi

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What Warsh Actually Said. Warsh isn't usually the guy who calms markets down. He's known for a hawkish lean on inflation.

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Bond Market Didn't Buy It Fully. Not everyone celebrated. The bond market was skeptical, and that's worth paying attention to.

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AI, Inflation, and the Bigger Picture. Warsh's careful framing on AI sparked its own conversation.

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Bitcoin punched through $60,000 Wednesday. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh told attendees at the ECB Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal, that inflationary pressures…

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Bitcoin hit roughly $60,088, a 2.8% jump in 24 hours. Ethereum wasn't far behind, climbing about 3.3% to near $1,619.

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Gold moved too. The metal reached an intra-day high of $4,115, with silver and other precious metals logging gains as well. Precious metals added over $1.

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Warsh isn't usually the guy who calms markets down. He's known for a hawkish lean on inflation. So when he told the Sintra crowd that inflation risks are easing, traders listened.

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Consumer prices are still up 4.2% over the year to May, driven partly by oil price pressure tied to Iran tensions. So it's not like inflation is gone.

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He also said something that probably surprised a few people in the room — he took a pretty open-minded view of artificial intelligence.

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Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack has gone further, pointing to intense demand from AI companies willing to pay steep prices for inputs as a possible inflation driver.

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Read also: Bitcoin Nears $60,000 as Fed Chair Warsh Flags AIs Growing Economic Weight

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Treasury yields climbed after Warsh spoke. The 10-year note pushed near 4.46%. Bond investors were still pricing in higher rates for longer — Warsh gave no hint of an imminent…

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That gap between risk assets and bonds is telling. Crypto and precious metals are running on the idea that the worst of the inflation fight is behind us.

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It's murky right now. Warsh's comments eased fears but didn't eliminate them. The Fed's next meeting will matter a lot.

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Warsh's careful framing on AI sparked its own conversation. He seems to think the productivity gains from AI could be significant — but he wouldn't commit to calling the tech…

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