562 Million in Crypto Longs Fell on a PPI Print That Matched Forecast
August wholesale prices rose 0.4 percent, right on forecast, but the 5.4 percent annual PPI headline drove 562 million dollars in crypto liquidations.
August wholesale prices rose 0.4 percent, right on forecast, but the 5.4 percent annual PPI headline drove 562 million dollars in crypto liquidations.
Traders now put the odds of a September Fed rate hike near 58 percent, yet Bitcoin ran up 25 percent on the week and still held well above 80,000 dollars.
Bitcoin hashprice rose 22% to $39.63 by September 6, but hashrate stayed flat near 934 EH/s and fees are 0.43% of rewards. The gain is bitcoin's price.
Bitcoin ETFs lost $236 million on September 1 while Solana and XRP funds took a tenth of that. Two days later $731 million rushed back on a Fed remark.
Bitcoin's gold correlation hit a six-year high near 0.86. The same reading was negative last spring, and gold has still outrun it on returns across 2026.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs booked $3.52 billion in August, their best month of 2026, yet 2026 net flows stay negative and most asset growth is price, not cash.
Bitcoin closed its best month since 2024, then the market flipped a September cut into a two-thirds rate hike bet before the September 16 Fed meeting.
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Bitcoin ETFs posted their best week since October and Strategy resumed buying, but 2026 net flows are still negative and its fresh coins sit underwater.
Barclays flipped from zero Fed rate hikes in 2026 to two, and bitcoin near 77,500 dollars now prices a September move that the trackers call a coin flip.
Bitcoin whales added 39,154 coins last week while the smallest wallets sold into the rally, and the move stalled below an old supply wall near $83,000.
Fed Chair Warsh turned hawkish at Jackson Hole. September rate-hike odds jumped toward 60%, and crypto liquidations hit $487M in a single day.
The BIS closed Project Agora's live round with about CHF 800,000 settled. The widely repeated 28-bank figure counts central banks and SIX too.
Ethereum's exit queue emptied, but 2.4 million ETH is stuck in a 42 day entry line for a 2.66% yield the Federal Reserve currently beats.
Regulators blew the GENIUS Act deadline and CLARITY odds fell to a record 31%. Both halves of crypto's Washington trade slipped in one week.
Bitcoin's institutional bull case rested on three supports: steady ETF demand, Strategy's treasury buying, and its digital-gold role. This week the ETFs logged their worst week ever, Strategy fell below the value of its own Bitcoin, and the gold trade unwound. All three broke for the same reason.
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