Bitcoin flat to surprising U.S. inflation uptick
The recent U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) data reveals a stronger inflationary trend than the previous month. Headline inflation has risen to 3.2% from 3% in June, a more heated pace than anticipated.
Concurrently, core inflation remained steady with the forecast, manifesting at 4.8%, but came in at 4.7$ year over year, 0.1% lower than forecasts.
Bitcoin reacted slightly positively to the news towards acceleration in headline inflation, up 0.48%.