The September 2026 U.S. consumer price index rose 3.7% year-over-year, exceeding the 3.6% forecast and triggering $261.4 million in U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF redemptions on October 14, 2026

The first and largest cryptocurrency, spanning its price and adoption, mining, protocol politics, and its contested role as digital money and inflation hedge.

Exchange-traded funds that hold Bitcoin for stock-market investors, with their fund flows, competing issuers and regulatory approvals.