CPI Surprise, Jobs Shock Send Bitcoin to $115K as ETFs Pour In
Key Takeaways
U.S. August CPI came in hotter than expected at 2.9% year-over-year and 0.4% month-over-month, but a surge in weekly jobless claims reinforced rate-cut odds.
Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded $553 million net inflow (4th straight day), while Ethereum spot ETFs posted $113 million net inflow (3rd consecutive day).
Wallets holding 100 – 1,000 BTC added roughly 65,000 BTC over the past seven days (30-day net +93,000 BTC), now having a record 3.65 million BTC.
BTC tested then reclaimed $115,000 (currently ~$115,505); key resistance at $116,300; downside liquidity remains concentrated near $110,000–$107,000.
OpenAI may have solved Navier-Stokes as written, but exploiting a flaw is not the same as gaining insight. Web3 makes the same mistake when it passes off regulatory workarounds as innovation.
Tokenized dollar liquidity funds have grown roughly tenfold in two years, but Fidelity's digital assets lead says secondary markets, collateral rules and human fallbacks are now the harder problems.
Stablecoin issuers froze more than $2.5 billion within hours, but estimates of what was taken range from about $3.3 billion to nearly $6 billion, and Binance has yet to give its own figure.
The option lets eligible institutions delegate SOL without moving it out of BitGo custody. Fees were not disclosed, and the announcement does not say which Jupiter validator is used
