Bitcoin (BTC) shrugged off gains at the March 13 Wall Street open as US inflation markers continued to fall.BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewGood news is bad news? Bitcoin follows stocks lowerData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD circling $81,500, down 2.3% on the day.The February print of the Producer Price Index (PPI) came in below median expectations, copying the Consumer Price Index (CPI) results from the day prior.“On an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand advanced 3.2 percent for the 12 months ended in February,” an accompanying press release from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) stated.“In February, a 0.3-percent increase in prices for final demand goods offset a 0.2-percent decline in the index for final demand services.”US PPI 1-month % change. Source: BLSAlready a double tailwind for crypto and risk assets, cooling inflation also stunted a rebound in US dollar strength, as viewed through the US Dollar Index (DXY).US Dollar Index (DXY) 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewDespite this, both stocks and crypto remained unmoved, leading trading resource The Kobeissi Letter to tie in the ongoing US trade war.“As we have seen, the market has had a very MUTED reaction to inflation data that would've previously sent

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