The Daily Bullion: crypto slides as platinum, silver bid
Altcoins lead crypto lower β GRT, Polkadot and XTZ all down over 4.7% β while platinum, palladium and silver catch a bid and the dollar holds firm.
Altcoins lead crypto lower β GRT, Polkadot and XTZ all down over 4.7% β while platinum, palladium and silver catch a bid and the dollar holds firm.
Brent and WTI led into the close with gains near 3%, while Tezos, Polkadot and the broader crypto board slid and the Nasdaq 100 fell 2%.

Polkadot (DOTUSD) trades at 1.111, down 5.93% on the day. Price holds a daily uptrend above its 50- and 200-day averages but sits below the 50-week.

UNIUSD trades at 7.429, up 3.3% on the session, sitting 0.74% below its 50-day average with a neutral RSI of 45.3 and ATR at 9.38% of price.
Bitcoin Cash leads a green crypto board while the Australian dollar sags across every major cross; silver, oil and European indices also climb.
Uniswap led a crypto slip after Fed Chairman Warsh spoke on 16 October, while silver and palladium held flat and Tezos edged higher in our feed.
US Retail Sales and PPI landed at 12:30 UTC; Polygon led a mild crypto slip against the dollar, silver eased and platinum alone edged higher.
U.S. Core PPI is due at 12:30 UTC, forecast 0.3% vs 0.2% prior, as silver, platinum and altcoins trade broadly lower across our feed.
Silver tumbles 5.7% and the dollar firms across the majors at the open, while Bitcoin slips to $81,782 and the Nasdaq 100 sheds 2% into the session.
Crypto led the US close with Tezos +8.49% and Uniswap +8.14%, while silver, platinum and palladium fell and the dollar softened across most majors.
Tezos and Uniswap each jumped about 8% to lead crypto gainers, while silver, platinum and palladium led the decliners and the dollar eased broadly.
US CPI data landed at 12:30 UTC and smaller crypto tokens slipped broadly, with Uniswap leading an even decline across the board.