Bitcoin BTC$67,002.70 rose to test $67,000 early Friday and was quickly rebuffed, though it remains about 1% higher since midnight UTC with ether ETH$1,957.56 rising half as much. The derivatives market, too, is showing signs of positivity.

The CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) is little changed, up just 0.7% in the period.

While the gains mark a recovery from yesterday’s U.S. trading, which saw the cryptocurrency market fall back toward last week’s lows, bitcoin is still on track for a fourth straight week of declines. That’s the longest falling streak since mid-November.

Meantime, a slowdown in trading and fading volatility are weighing on volumes.

It’s likely that traders are looking to the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) print coming later today…