Soft U.S. inflation data for August is — at least temporarily — pushing crypto prices higher early Wednesday. The Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures inflation at the wholesale level, fell 0.1% month-over-month in August, compared to analyst estimates of a 0.3% rise and the previous month's 0.9% increase. Year-over-year, PPI grew by 2.6%, down from 3.1% previously and sharply lower than forecasts for 3.3%. The core PPI, which strips out food and energy costs, also fell 0.1% in August verus a forec ...