Bitcoin fell below $80,000 on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. The drop came after US Producer Price Index data for September came in well above forecasts. The PPI number beat expectations by 100 basis points, its biggest monthly rise since March 2022.
Buyers tried to hold the $80,000 level after the data came out. According to TradingView data cited by Cointelegraph, BTC/USD reached its lowest point since September. The report does not give an exact low or say how long the price stayed under $80,000.
The report links the drop to the inflation data. It does not include any statement from US officials, and it gives no trading volume figures for the move. It is not yet known whether the price recovered and held above $80,000 later.
For someone already holding a perpetual futures position on Bitget, Bybit, MEXC or OKX, the report changes nothing directly. It gives no figures on funding rates, trading fees, liquidations or order book depth, so it says nothing about what those positions cost to hold. The price move matters for margin on open positions, but funding and fees can only be judged from exchange data, not from this news.
Source: cointelegraph — Bitcoin slips under $80K after US PPI gains most in four years
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