Why Bitcoin Fell Today: Hot CPI, $4 Gas & Fed Hike Odds (Oct 14)

Original author：The Daily Candle

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Bitcoin slid to the bottom of its range after September's inflation report came in hot: 3.7% vs 3.6% expected. Here's the whole chain reaction, from a $4.33 gallon of gas to Fed rate-hike odds, Treasury yields and your crypto, explained in plain English in under 8 minutes. The Daily Candle is a daily crypto market report: what moved, why it moved, who bought and sold, and what's coming next. No hype, no predictions, just what happened. ⏱ CHAPTERS 0:00 Bitcoin's 8:30 AM drop 0:29 The report: what CPI is and why gas drove it 1:24 The chain reaction: inflation → Fed → yields → Bitcoin 3:06 Who sold, who bought: liquidations, ETFs, Strive 4:13 Quick recap 4:25 The rest of the market: Fear & Greed, top gainers and losers 5:43 Worth knowing: Ledger implant, Kraken's EU bank, tokenized Treasuries 6:40 What's next: PPI, TSMC, the Fed on Oct 28, levels to watch 7:33 How a gallon of gas moved Bitcoin 📊 TODAY'S NUMBERS (recorded about 1 PM ET, Oct 14, 2026) • CPI: +0.6% in September, 3.7% over 12 months (forecast 3.6%). Core CPI +0.3% (forecast 0.2%), 2.6% y/y • Gasoline +9.1% in one month, more than half of the increase; national average about $4.33/gal • Odds of a Fed hike on Oct 28: about 1 in 5 before the report, roughly even right after, a little under half by midday • 10-year Treasury yield touched about 5.3%; the dollar index hit a 52-week high • Bitcoin about $81,800 (−1.9%), low near $81,500; Ether about $2,440 (−2.9%) • $312M in liquidations over 24 hours, more than 80% longs • US Bitcoin ETFs +$169M and Ether ETFs +$25M in the latest daily data (before the report) • Strive bought about 2,800 BTC (~$235M) on Oct 12–13 • Fear & Greed: 51 (Neutral), down from 61 a week ago • Top-100 gainers: Venice Token, Monero, Pendle. Losers: ether.fi, Canton, Starknet, KuCoin Token 📅 WHAT'S NEXT • Thu Oct 15, 8:30 AM ET: Producer prices (PPI) and retail sales • Thu Oct 15, 2 AM ET: TSMC third-quarter earnings • Oct 27–28: Fed meeting (decision Oct 28) 📚 SOURCES US Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI release: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm Federal Reserve meeting calendar: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm CoinMarketCap market data and charts: https://coinmarketcap.com Also: CNBC, CoinDesk, The Block, Decrypt, The Hacker News, Coinbase price data. New episode every market day. Subscribe so you don't miss tomorrow's candle. #Bitcoin #CryptoNews #CPI #Inflation #TheDailyCandle