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.
A confidential SEC filing and a Cantor mandate put the institutional prime broker back in the spotlight. Since its 2022 peak valuation, FalconX has quietly rebuilt itself into something broader – and harder to price.
Three Samsung affiliates will jointly acquire a 4% stake in Dunamu, operator of South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, from Kakao affiliates in an all-cash deal worth 612.8 billion won (~$408 million), the companies said Thursday (May 28). The transaction is scheduled to close June 19.
The dual investment gives South Korea's fourth-largest crypto exchange a TradFi partner pursuing STOs and a global operator with reach across 120 million users.
The ETF channel that anchored bitcoin's 2025 rally has flipped to distribution for five straight sessions. The Hormuz headlines accelerated what had been building for weeks.
