Live updates: Bitcoin below $84,000 ahead of PCE inflation data, Micron earnings
Bitcoin traded near $83,700 early Sept. 30 as markets awaited the August PCE price index and Micron Technology’s fiscal fourth-quarter results. One update said bitcoin had slipped 0.3% to about $83,700 early Wednesday, while another put it below $84,000 ahead of the same U.S. inflation release.
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Bitcoin’s move to around $83,700 was visible to traders watching the U.S. market on Sept. 30, along with the waiting period before the August PCE inflation release. Micron Technology’s fiscal-fourth-quarter results were also part of the same market moment, so the price action sat alongside a scheduled earnings event.
Compared with an earlier state of trading, bitcoin was no longer holding above $84,000 in these updates and was instead described as near $83,700. What remained unchanged was that the market was still positioned around the same two calendar items: the August PCE reading and Micron’s results.
Market reaction
The move was larger before the first headline than after. That is an observation, not an explanation: the market also moves on things nobody publishes.
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What Inflation (US CPI) has done before
| When | What happened | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 2 months ago | Inflation (US CPI): 336.298 (+2.17) rise | Sep 2026 |
| 3 months ago | Inflation (US CPI): 334.131 (+1.32) rise | Aug 2026 |
| 4 months ago | Inflation (US CPI): 332.813 (+0.25) rise | Jul 2026 |
| 5 months ago | Inflation (US CPI): 332.568 (-1.41) fall | Jun 2026 |
| 6 months ago | Inflation (US CPI): 333.979 (+1.57) rise | May 2026 |
FRED series, with the value of each release and its change.
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