U.S. August PPI YoY came in at 2.6% and MoM at –0.1%. This reflected a material cooling of wholesale inflation, with markets rallying.
Bitcoin pushed to $114,000 after the print, crossing the decisive $113,000 level, while spot BTC ETFs recorded $757 million net inflows on Sept 10 (third straight day).
Ethereum spot ETFs posted $172 million in inflows yesterday while Bitmine received 46,255 ETH ($201 million), taking its holdings to 2,126,018 ETH ($9.24 billion).
Futures open interest jumped to 84.86 billion for BTC, as liquidations eased to 37.96 million, with shorts bearing the brunt.
CPI tomorrow is the near-term event risk; a second downbeat print would likely accelerate the current risk-on move.
Bitcoin drifted lower but held key support near $66,000 as oil spiked and global markets reeled from escalating US-Iran tensions, with traders watching crude, Fed signals and ETF flows for the next breakout or breakdown.
Over $580 million traded across Kalshi and Polymarket on contracts tied to the strikes that killed Khamenei, as lawmakers give the CFTC until March 9 to act on "assassination markets."
As Chainalysis touts the accuracy of its tracing tools, new out-of-sample tests of the co-spend heuristic raise urgent questions about error rates, scientific validation, and whether blockchain forensic evidence meets legal standards.
