Inflation

Inflation

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Bitcoin, Ether Traders Bet Big With Tuesday's U.S. Inflation Data Seen as Non-Event

BTC and ETH traders bet big through onchain and centralized options markets.

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Markets

Bitcoin Week Ahead: Focus on Powell's Testimony, U.S. Core PCE as Tariff Deadline Looms

Friday's core PCE release is likely to show price pressures easing, but there is a fix.

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Markets

U.S. CPI Rose Softer Than Expected 0.1% in May, Sending Bitcoin Higher

The core rate rose just 0.1% as well, far less than the 0.3% forecast.

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Crypto Miners Soar on OpenAI-CoreWeave Deal; Galaxy Jumps in Nasdaq Debut

Asset prices across markets largely shrugged off surging Inflation expectations, with crypto prices consolidating sideways.

OpenAI's Sam Altman, who has proposed Universal Basic Compute as a fix for automation-driven global equality. (Village Global/Flickr)

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U.S. CPI Rose Less Than Expected 0.2% in April; Annual Pace Slips to Four-Year Low

The headline year-over-year pace edged down to 2.3% and the core rate was flat at 2.8%.

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U.S. Consumer Sentiment Craters in First Post-Tariff Read, but Crypto Is Holding Up

Gold soared to a new record high as the selloff in the U.S. dollar and long-term Treasuries continued in force on Friday.

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Crypto Rebound Likely as Trump Tariffs May Bring Down Inflation

Inflation breakevens head south amid the Trump trade war.

U.S. Breakeven Inflation Rates. (MacroMicro)

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U.S. CPI Declined in March; Core Rate Rose Just 0.1%.

Whether the fresh inflation numbers boost rate cut hopes or the price of bitcoin is another story as the data is from prior to last week's sweeping tariff announcements.

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Bitcoin Plunges Below $84K after $115B Sell-Off Wipes Out Weekly Gains

Ethereum's ETH hit its weakest price against bitcoin in almost five years as macroeconomic concerns added pressure to risk assets.

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Hotter-Than-Expected Core Inflation in Japan Sparks Rate Hike Talk, Threatens Crypto

Japan’s headline inflation remains nearly 100 basis points higher than U.S.counterparts.

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