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Omar Franklin
Infrastructure maximalist obsessed with throughput, gas costs, and blob space. Covers L2s, rollup economics, and the race to make blockchains boring and fast. Former backend engineer at a cloud provider.
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Articles by Omar Franklin
Sep 11, 2026
August CPI Rose 0.4% and PPI Ran 5.4%. Here's What That Costs Crypto Builders
August CPI climbed 0.4% month over month and core CPI accelerated to 0.3%, while producer prices ran 5.4% annually. The Fed meets Sept. 15-16, and the cost of capital just became the most important number in crypto.
Sep 10, 2026
Bitcoin Slips to $77,208 as $105 Oil Kills the Rate-Cut Trade
Bitcoin dropped to $77,208 after crude pushed past $105 a barrel on renewed US-Iran fighting, and traders are now pricing a Fed rate hike at next week's meeting. The debasement trade is the only thing still holding the bid.
