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Story: Bitcoin and Ether Surge as Fed Holds Rates Despite Mixed Inflation Data

By Maheen Hernandez

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Bitcoin and Ether React Fast. Crypto markets didn't wait around to interpret the data.

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What the Fed Is Actually Weighing. Here's where it gets murky. The Fed now has to sit with a split picture: headline inflation moving…

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Energy Prices as the Wild Card. The energy piece is worth sitting with. Energy costs driving headline inflation is a specific kind…

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Bitcoin and Ether both pushed higher after fresh inflation data landed with less drama than some traders feared.

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The numbers themselves were kind of a mixed bag. Headline inflation moved up, but the culprit was energy costs, not some broad-based surge in consumer prices.

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Crypto markets didn't wait around to interpret the data. Bitcoin gained traction almost immediately after the release, with investors reading the numbers as a sign the Fed won't…

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It's not complicated math. Crypto traders have spent years watching how rate expectations ripple through markets.

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And the absence of a hawkish surprise probably mattered more than any specific number in the inflation report.

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Here's where it gets murky. The Fed now has to sit with a split picture: headline inflation moving up because of energy, core inflation cooling.

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The Fed's long-term strategy, per most analysts watching this closely, remains a subject of genuine speculation.

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See also: Bitcoin Faces Pressure as U.S. Inflation Data Looms Amid Rising Oil and Yields

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That uncertainty is probably going to stick around for a bit. The Fed tends to move deliberately, and the current data doesn't hand them an obvious answer.

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Crypto markets, sensitive to rate expectations almost by definition, will stay tuned in. Traders aren't just watching Bitcoin prices — they're watching the 10-year yield, Fed…

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The energy piece is worth sitting with. Energy costs driving headline inflation is a specific kind of problem — it can be transitory, tied to supply shocks or geopolitical…

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Huang's read — that core inflation is starting to stabilize — is the more encouraging signal for markets.

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