At the start of the year, CoinDesk research indicated that the Dollar index (DXY) a measure of the U.S. dollar’s strength against a basket of major trading partners was mirroring its trajectory from Donald Trump’s first term as president.
Between September 2024 and January 2025, coinciding with Trump’s re-election, the DXY index climbed from 100 to 110. This current cycle, the index peaked at 110 in mid-January but has since dropped below 105 for the first time since mid-November. If the DXY were to fall to around 103, it would erase all its gains since Trump’s victory in November.
Typically, a DXY index above 100 is considered strong, which tends to put pressure on risk assets. However, as the index dipped below 105, bitcoin (BTC) rose above $88,000.
A similar pattern was observed in 2017 when the DXY fell from 103 to below 90, coinciding with bitcoin’s bull run that year, that saw it top out at $20,000 in December.
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