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US Energy Department offers up to 40M barrels of oil from strategic reserve

  • —Bids are due October 6, with deliveries scheduled for November and December
  • —The 40-million-barrel ceiling is this round's offer within the 172-million-barrel program
  • —July PCE inflation was 3.7% year over year, core 3.3%, Fed rate at 3.75%-4%
  • —The 10-year Treasury yield stands at 5.26%, with BTC trading near $83,000
Why it matters: The volume actually awarded will shape oil prices and, in turn, inflation expectations and Fed rate bets that drive bitcoin.
Source: CryptoSlate