{"id":147777,"date":"2026-09-30T13:47:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=147777"},"modified":"2026-09-30T13:47:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:47:57","slug":"bitcoin-price-tops-85k-as-us-core-pce-rises-0-2-mom-cooler-than-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=147777","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Price Tops $85K as US Core PCE Rises 0.2% MoM, Cooler Than Expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s price surged in the past hour after the US Bureau of Economic Analysis released the core PCE report. The cryptocurrency touched $85,600, jumping from below $84K just an hour ago, showcasing that crypto traders welcomed the signs of cooling inflation.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that many altcoins also surged in the past hour, including ZEC, which is up more than 3.6%, HYPE, up 1.1%, ETH up 1.5%, SOL up 2.2%, and so forth.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1450105\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1450105\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-scaled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1450105\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-scaled.png\" alt=\"BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-1024x451.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-768x338.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-1536x676.png 1536w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-2048x902.png 2048w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-90x40.png 90w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-150x66.png 150w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-2000x881.png 2000w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-1600x705.png 1600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-1400x617.png 1400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-1200x528.png 1200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-1000x440.png 1000w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-900x396.png 900w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-800x352.png 800w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-700x308.png 700w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-600x264.png 600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-500x220.png 500w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-400x176.png 400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-200x88.png 200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BTCUSD_2026-09-30_16-27-24-100x44.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1450105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: TradingView<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This comes on the back of the fact that consumer prices <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bea.gov\/news\/2026\/personal-income-and-outlays-august-2026\">posted<\/a> a smaller-than-expected increase in August from a year ago, according to the primary inflation gauge of the Federal Reserve. The personal consumption expenditures price index increased by 0.3% for the month, putting the 12-month gain at 3.4%.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, excluding food and energy, PCE posted a 0.2% increase that put the annual core level at 3%. The expectations were for a 0.3% increase and 3.3% annual rate, conversely. Speaking on the matter was David Russel, global head of market strategy at TradeStation, who said that this is \u201cgood news for investors worried about the recent surge in bond yields, and it bolsters the case for not hiking in October.\u201d Recall that earlier this month, the Federal Reserve <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/the-fed-hiked-rates-and-bitcoin-went-up-heres-why-that-matters\/\">increased<\/a> interest rates for the first time in three years, which, contrary to what many expected, pushed BTC\u2019s price up.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-price-tops-85k-as-us-core-pce-rises-0-2-mom-cooler-than-expected\/\">Bitcoin Price Tops $85K as US Core PCE Rises 0.2% MoM, Cooler Than Expected<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin\u2019s price surged in the past hour after the US Bureau of Economic Analysis released the core PCE report. The cryptocurrency touched $85,600, jumping from below $84K just an hour ago, showcasing that crypto traders welcomed the signs of cooling inflation. It\u2019s important to note that many altcoins also surged in the past hour, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-147777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}