{"id":9833,"date":"2022-04-04T07:54:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T07:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/btc-starts-2022-all-over-again-5-things-to-know-in-bitcoin-this-week\/"},"modified":"2022-04-04T07:54:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T07:54:38","slug":"btc-starts-2022-all-over-again-5-things-to-know-in-bitcoin-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/btc-starts-2022-all-over-again-5-things-to-know-in-bitcoin-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"BTC starts 2022 all over again \u2014 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week and a new quarter as if it were starting the new year \u2014 at just over $46,000.<\/p>\n
In what will seem like some serious deja-vu for hodlers, BTC\/USD is at practically the same level it was on Jan. 1, 2022.<\/p>\n
Price action has been quiet \u2014 too quiet, perhaps \u2014 in recent days, but behind the declining volatility, there are signs that the market is busy deciding future direction.<\/p>\n
From macro to on-chain, there are in fact plenty of cues to keep an eye on in April, amid a backdrop of Bitcoin \u2014 at least so far \u2014 retaining its yearly open price as support.<\/p>\n
Cointelegraph takes a look at five of these factors as they pertain to BTC price performance over the coming week.<\/p>\n
There has been much talk of the end of the post-COVID \u201ceasy money\u201d period and the impact it\u2019ll have on risk assets such as Bitcoin.<\/p>\n
As the United States Federal Reserve pledges to reduce its record high balance sheet and keep raising key rates, commentators have sounded the alarm over what could be a shockwave hitting investment into crypto.<\/p>\n
So far, however, there is little sign<\/a> that a fundamental shift is underway, while in Asia this week, it seems like the opposite is true.<\/p>\n