Ethereum beats Bitcoin in Q3, and the gap was wide. CoinGecko’s Q3 report shows ETH climbed 71. 0% to $2,684. That broke a three-quarter losing streak.

Two groups of sophisticated market participants just took opposite sides of the same trade at $82,000. Whale wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC reached 20,338 this week, an all-time record according to Santiment. That count has risen sharply since mid-July through every price swing, every Iran headline, every rate hike scare. The largest Bitcoin [

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>

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.

Crypto sentiment is split between Ethereum optimism and Bitcoin and XRP weakness.