Bitcoin whales and derivatives traders are split at the $82,000 level. Wallets holding 10 to 10,000 BTC reached a record 20,338 this week, according to Santiment. Binance funding rates turned negative at -0.0073%, the most bearish derivatives positioning since Bitcoin traded near $62,000. Bitcoin slipped below $80,000 on October 15 after the inflation report, while the whale cohort has kept buying through three months of market turbulence.

Bitcoin traded near $80,582 at 12:33 UTC (08:33 ET), after the U. S. Producer Price Index for September rose 1. 3% month over month and 6. 3% year over year, well above the 0. 6% and 5. 5% consensus. The monthly reading was the largest advance since March 2022, and BTC slipped roughly <p>The post Bitcoin Price Falls After Hot PPI — Can $80K Hold? first appeared on BTCUSA. </p>

BTC falls 2.15% as hot U.S. inflation hits risk appetite, while USD 7.60 billion of futures open interest raises volatility risk.

Bitcoin slid below $82,000 on Wednesday as a hotter-than-expected September inflation report reduced the odds of near-term Federal Reserve rate cuts. <p>The post Why Is Bitcoin Down Today? BTC Slides Below $82,000 After Hot September CPI first appeared on BTCUSA. </p>

XRP ETF products drew $11. 31 million in weekly inflows, but $1. 248 billion in rival outflows and resistance near $1. 38 temper the signal.

Consumer prices in the US came in higher than expected in September, pushing Bitcoin down by roughly $1,000 to $82,800 and stoking fears that the Federal Reserve may consider hiking interest rates once again at its upcoming monetary policy meeting in late October. The figures that rattled the markets According to the Bureau of Labor. . .

Whale holdings have reached their highest level since November 2025, while large borrowers are taking on more debt backed by Bitcoin.

Ethereum has taken the spotlight in crypto markets while Bitcoin slid more than 9% and repeatedly stalled at $87,000, and XRP struggled to reclaim $1.40. Analysts set a long-term target of $15,000 for ETH in the current bull cycle, flagging the $1,600 to $2,000 range as a potential reaccumulation zone with intermediate targets at $3,270, $4,892 and $10,000. Spot Ethereum ETFs drew $24.84 million in net inflows on October 13, their only positive day in October so far, led by $16.3 million into Grayscale's Ethereum fund and $8.11 million into Fidelity's Ethereum fund.