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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Falls to $18.1K After CPI Data

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 13, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.Read MoreCoinDesk

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Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to as low as $18,183 after the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data was released on Thursday. The Labor Department reported consumer prices in September rose 8.2% from the same month last year and 0.4% from August.

Measured by core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, U.S. consumer prices advanced to a 40-year high in September. Bitcoin was recently down 3.8% on the day.

Bitcoin hit lows of $18,181 after the CPI data was released. (TradingView)

Prior to the release, bitcoin fell quickly by $500 in 30 minutes to about $18,575, right around 6:30 a.m. ET (10:30 UTC).

Bitcoin fell about $500 in the 30 minutes pictured. (Messari)

S&P 500 futures lost a 1% gain and slid more than 2% after CPI data showed consumer prices surged last month, and the dollar rallied.

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