Bitcoin Slips as US Inflation Jumps as Expected, ECB Slows Asset Purchases
The US inflation rate hit 7.9% in February, up from 7.5% the month before, and in line with expectations. Bitcoin (BTC) immediately jumped higher on the news, before later reversing lower again, along with falling stock...
Archive context
Older archive item. Useful for background and entity history, but not a fresh market-moving signal.
The US inflation rate hit 7.9% in February, up from 7.5% the month before, and in line with expectations. Bitcoin (BTC) immediately jumped higher on the news, before later reversing lower again, along with falling stock markets in both Europe and the US. (Updated at 14:48 UTC: updates throughout the entire text)...
Read More: Bitcoin Slips as US Inflation Jumps as Expected, ECB Slows Asset Purchases
Why this matters
This bitcoin story adds another data point to the current market tape and is useful when read alongside nearby source coverage.
Original source
Read on CryptonewsRelated market context
Wall Street piled $1.2 billion into MSTR in Q2 before Strategy turned its Bitcoin flywheel toward rescuing STRC
Wall Street institutions increased their exposure to Strategy's MSTR in the second quarter, just before Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin a...
Strategy Just Stopped Bitcoin News: Is the Market’s Biggest Corporate Bid Gone for Good?
In the latest Bitcoin news, Strategy held its bitcoin position flat at 840,447 BTC through the week ended Aug. 16, according to a...
Bitcoin treasury Hyperscale sells 686 BTC to clear loans but says cash won’t cover next 12 months
In August 2026, Hyperscale Data sold approximately 686 Bitcoin for about $43.4 million, then used part of the proceeds to repay al...
Chart of the Day – Is It Time to Buy Bitcoin?
Veteran technical analyst Dave the Wave posted a Bitcoin chart to X with a characteristically restrained caption: “Yeah baby…” Yea...
Crypto Stocks Rip Higher as Strategy Jumps 12%, Coinbase Climbs 9%
Strategy, Coinbase, Circle, and BitMine are riding Bitcoin's short squeeze toward $70K—and two of them may be squeezing equity bea...
Bitcoin Hits $70,000 as Trump Pushes CLARITY Act, Hyperliquid Surges and $1.4 Billion in Shorts Get Wiped Out
By late trading, Bitcoin was changing hands around $69,200, up approximately 7% over 24 hours after starting the session near $64,...