📉 Hot CPI crashes crypto

Bitcoin falls below $81k, S&P has largest drop in 2 months, and the White House is looking for more ways to accumulate Bitcoin.

October 15, 2026

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BTC $80,822 (-3.3%) | ETH $2,359 (-5.9%) | SOL $102 (-5.0%)

  • Bitcoin falls below $81K as US September CPI rises 3.7% year over year, above the 3.6% estimate

  • S&P 500 falls 1.22% to 7,710.43, its biggest drop in over two months — US stocks shed $660B

  • Spot bitcoin ETFs see $261.5M in net outflows

  • White House says US is exploring ways to accumulate more Bitcoin

  • Polygon Labs completes Coinme buyout, gaining payments coverage in 48 US states

  • Strive raises $500M via new SATS preferred shares to buy more bitcoin

  • Fed funds futures put 66% odds on no rate hike at the October 28 FOMC

  • BlackRock posts Q3 revenue of $7.75B and $205B in net inflows, beating estimates

  • Anthropic tells investors it turned profitable in Q3 with revenue near $17B

  • Strive buys $235M worth of BTC

  • Apple hits $5T market cap even as the rest of the tech trade falters

  • TSMC posts record profit for a sixth straight quarter on AI demand

  • Brooklyn DA and FBI shut down 241 crypto fraud sites tied to Eastern Europe

  • Reports claim Richard Heart was arrested in Turkey