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Bitcoin ETF Outflows: $150.5M as Hot CPI Boosts October Hike Odds

Priya Kapoor
Priya KapoorCrypto Analyst
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Published October 15, 20269 min read
A plain metallic token rests outside an open bank vault door in subdued light.
A vault-side Bitcoin stand-in evokes the retreat from spot ETFs after a hotter inflation reading. Illustration: MarketIntelLabs

Hot September inflation did what many on crypto's institutional side had feared it would: it rewired the Federal Reserve calculus and knocked Bitcoin back below $81,000 in a single session. September headline CPI printed 3.7% year over year, up from 3.4% in August, with core at 2.6% against a 2.5% consensus, and traders immediately repriced the odds of an October rate hike from roughly 22% to a peak near 47% on CME FedWatch (CoinDesk, 2026-10-15). The window of uncertainty that now follows, whether the Federal Open Market Committee raises on Oct 27-28 or holds, is the live question for an asset that is increasingly traded as a liquidity proxy rather than an island.

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