Bitcoin price jumps above $95,000 after US CPI as Senate crypto bill lands
New York, January 13, 2026, 18:00 EST
Bitcoin jumped 4.8% to $95,621 on Tuesday, after swinging between $90,956 and $95,815 in a choppy session. Ether rose 7.5% to $3,330 and XRP gained 5.9% to $2.17.
The move matters now because crypto has slipped back into trading on two policy levers at once. Rate-cut hopes lift risk appetite, and any progress on a U.S. rulebook changes who is willing to hold coins through the next bout of volatility.
The U.S. consumer price index rose 0.3% in December and was up 2.7% from a year earlier, while core CPI — which strips out food and energy — came in at 2.6% year-on-year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. Traders still see June, after Jerome Powell’s chair term ends in May,…
