Bitcoin and yen hold steady as Japan's inflation eases and BOJ keeps interest rates unchanged

Bitcoin (BTC) and the Japanese yen, which have recently moved in near lockstep, traded steady on Friday after Japan reported its first inflation slowdown in four months and the Japanese central bank kept interest rates steady. The headline consumer price index (CPI), which represents the cost ofeveryday stuff, slowed to a 2.1% year-on-year pace in December, marking a sharp drop from November's 2.9%, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications reported early Friday. The core inflation, which strips ...