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Good morning, traders! ☕ Ethereum just had one of its best days in weeks, surging 6.67% to $1,868. The trigger: June's Consumer Price Index came in cooler than expected, falling 0.4% on lower energy costs, which sharply reduced the odds of a Fed rate hike at the next meeting. Lower rate-hike odds = more risk appetite for assets like ETH.

There's a structural story building too. An Ethereum Foundation spinout is now specifically targeting traditional banks with new blockchain privacy technology, part of one of the biggest organizational shakeups at the Foundation in years. Meanwhile, the US and UK just announced a joint roadmap to align rules for tokenized finance across their markets — a signal that regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are getting serious about the infrastructure Ethereum sits on.

Yesterday, ETH had faltered briefly on fears that renewed Middle East tensions could push living costs higher and force a rate hike — today's inflation data flipped that script completely. 🧠

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