May 13, 2026
PPI ran 3x consensus — biggest monthly print since March 2022. Engine paused DCA before CPI Tuesday and PPI today, now flipped to NEUTRAL. First NEUTRAL day of the live cycle. This is what discipline pays for.
PPI ran 3x consensus — biggest monthly print since March 2022. Engine paused DCA before CPI Tuesday and PPI today, now flipped to NEUTRAL. First NEUTRAL day of the live cycle. This is what discipline pays for.
The U.S. Senate failed to invoke cloture on the CLARITY Act (49–50), terminating near-term hopes for a statutory digital asset framework before the midterms. The news sparked $760M+ in cross-market liquidations, disproportionately flushing leveraged longs and pulling Bitcoin down 4.4%.
Crypto sentiment cooled to neutral today, and with tomorrow's Senate CLARITY Act vote and Wednesday's FOMC decision ahead, the engine is on standby.
Crypto Fear & Greed fell 69 to 56, back to neutral, while 5-day BTC ETF flows cooled from +$840M to +$456M and Bitcoin's MVRV ticked up. Next up: the Senate's CLARITY Act cloture vote Tuesday at 2:15 PM ET, then FOMC Wednesday.
August PPI (wholesale inflation) came out today and revealed a sharp split between surging goods and flat services, tilting odds toward a tighter Fed. But the picture isn't complete until tomorrow's CPI (what consumers pay) shows how much pipeline heat reached store shelves.