US Inflation Data Shakes Crypto Market as Bitcoin Breaks Below $73K Support

US inflation data prompted a sell-off across crypto markets, with Bitcoin falling below the $73,000 support level as traders reassessed the policy path for interest rates. The transmission mechanism runs through the rate differential: hotter-than-expected CPI readings push up Treasury yields and the dollar, raising the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding assets such as Bitcoin and tightening liquidity conditions across risk markets. Bitcoin and the broader crypto complex are most exposed because they trade as high-beta risk assets sensitive to shifts in real yields and dollar strength, and a break of a widely watched support level can trigger additional systematic and leveraged selling. The USD and short-dated Treasury yields are the direct beneficiaries of the repricing, while the CPI print itself has become a key input for expectations around the Federal Reserve's next moves. Traders will be watching the next Federal Reserve policy communication and subsequent inflation releases for confirmation of whether the inflation trend has shifted enough to alter rate-cut expectations.

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