Remember Lao Ji’s multiple shorts at 87,000/2,760 in early October? Even if you don’t, that’s fine—the recent multiple shorts around 84,000/2,550 should be hard to forget, right? Yesterday, 83,600–83,800🈳, with ETH likewise shorted above 2,515, plus the chase shorts around 82,800.

Gold Medal Finance | CPI Analysis 📊This is now a CPI-driven bearish breakdown and selloff, The trend has weakened but is already approaching the support zone below, Bitcoin is currently at 81500 and Ethereum at 2420 Prices on the 15-minute and 1-hour charts have fully fallen below the MA120, with 83000 acting as resistance above 🔔 Bitcoin's first level to watch below is the 81500 battleground level tonight; if it breaks, watch for a return to the 80900 and 80300 supports. A rebound will only signal a bottom once it regains and holds above 83300 Ethereum is weaker, currently at 2428, having fallen below the round-number level of 2500. Moving averages across all timeframes are overhead; focus on the two short-term supports at 2420 and 2400 ‼️ Key point: Inflation exceeded expectations, rate-hike expectations intensified, and a stronger US dollar put pressure on gold and Bitcoin, causing the drop!

Crypto Daily — 2026.10.14 U.S. September CPI rose 0.6% month-on-month, exceeding expectations and reigniting rate-hike concerns; $BTC fell below $82K to $81.5K, while $ETH led the decline with a 3.2% drop. 1. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that September CPI rose 0.6% month-on-month, with core inflation also exceeding expectations, reigniting concerns about a Fed rate hike; $BTC fell below $82,000 and is currently around $81,501 (-2.0%), weakening from $84,147 to $81,514 intraday. Liquidations over 24 h totaled $72.03 million, of which longs accounted for $58.74 million (82%), breaking below the lower boundary of the narrow trading range. 2. Institutional access continues to advance: Standard Chartered opened $BTC and $ETH trading to high-net-worth clients in the UAE; the European Banking Authority classified USDC as the first "significant electronic money token" under the MiCA framework and took over core supervision; Ripple partnered with DriveWealth to advance RLUSD settlement; Chainlink's oracle went live on Stellar, covering an RWA ecosystem worth over $4 billion. 3. Gate / $GT: The platform continued its pace of U.S. stock tokenization and new-token launches, with the token falling below $10.5 and reaching an intraday low of $10.26; $GT fell 2.9% today to around $10.43. 4. Glassnode explicitly noted that $BTC 's upside is being simultaneously capped by ETF outflows and inflationary pressure; CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju, meanwhile, offered a bullish supply-side basis—the current average Bitcoin mining cost is $59,774, and miner selling pressure has eased significantly. Overall bullish sentiment among analysts rose to its highest level since August 2025, but price and sentiment have diverged. 5. On-chain funds are providing early signals of an "altseason": USDT lending surged 83%, viewed as a precursor to Ethereum-led altcoin rotation; Hyperliquid's HIP-3 accumulated revenue reached $75 million, with $37.5 million already allocated to buybacks and burns. However, derivatives remain bearish: $BTC 's long-short ratio was 0.943 and $ETH 's was 0.949, while open interest stood at $52.2B and $30.9B, respectively, both at relatively low levels. 6. Among major coins, $ETH is currently around $2,425 (-3.2%), the weakest among major assets and below $2,450; $SOL is around $104.2 (-3.2%), falling below $105; $XRP is around $1.33 (-3.0%). Coinbase publicly called today for Bitcoin custody's post-quantum migration to "start now." 7. Altcoins: $WAL rose 54.8% to around $0.0588, with volume of approximately $231.8M, making it today's strongest and most active standout coin; $PONS rose 12.7% with volume of approximately $90.2M, while $BTW followed with a 13.2% gain. Meanwhile, yesterday's recommended $INJ gave back 8.8%. Entry recommendation: $WAL (around $0.0588)—volume of approximately $232 million far exceeded its $154 million market cap, making it the only asset to show a volume-backed breakout amid a broad market decline; the storage and data sector attracted safe-haven funds. Market status for the day: $BTC around $81,501 (-2.0%); $ETH around $2,425 (-3.2%). The direct reason for today's decline was September CPI rising 0.6% month-on-month, exceeding expectations and reigniting rate-hike expectations. Combined with continued net ETF outflows leaving buyers unable to absorb selling pressure, this caused $BTC to fall below the lower boundary of its narrow one-week trading range and triggered $58.74 million in long liquidations. Although the Fear and Greed Index rose to 63, RSI had fallen to the weak zone at 47.1, showing a clear divergence between sentiment and price. Next-day outlook: $BTC is expected to trade weakly within a range of approximately $79K–$83K tomorrow, with a 40/100 probability of a rise. The key level is $81K; losing it would directly test the psychological and cost-based support around $80K, while a rebound must reclaim $83K to ease pressure. With long liquidations accounting for 82% and the long-short ratio falling to 0.943, short sellers have the short-term initiative. However, open interest at the low level of $52.2B and the average mining cost of $59,774 indicate limited downside, making buying support around $80K highly likely. A true reversal requires ETF inflows to return, which is difficult to expect in the short term amid rising inflation; it is more likely to form a base between $79K and $83K.