Monetary Policy

According to BlockBeats, on September 17, the Federal Reserve completed a rate hike while the CLARITY Act failed to advance in Senate procedural voting. Despite these two significant headwinds, crypto markets showed resilience, with Bitcoin and ZEC leading a modest rally. Bernstein analyst expects t

According to ChainCatcher citing SoSoValue data, the crypto market rebounded broadly following the Federal Reserve's rate decision, with the PayFi sector leading gains at 5.03% in 24 hours. Bitcoin broke through the $76,000 level, up 1.28%, while Ethereum rose 1.63% and hovered around the $2,400 mar

Bitcoin (BTC) remains weak, trading at around $76,410 as of Sept. 17. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the “2026 American Reserve Modernization Act” by a vote of 28 to 21, seeking to provide legal protection for Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee passed the “Digital Asset Tax Clarity Act” and submitted it for consideration by the full House. Macro Events & Crypto Hotspots According to CoinTelegraph, U.S. lawmakers took action Wednesday to turn U.S.

Sept. 17: Bitcoin traded weakly at $76,250. The FED voted unanimously, 12–0, to raise the federal funds rate by one quarter-point (25 bps), from 3.50%–3.75% to 3.75%–4.00%, marking the first rate hike since July 2023. The dot plot showed a median year-end 2026 rate forecast of 4.1%, implying that there could be one more rate hike this year. FOMC Rate Hike Decision: Federal Funds Rate Raised to 3.75%–4.00% All 12 voting members of the FED voted unanimously, 12–0, at the September 16, 2026, meetin

Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP stabilized after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.75%-4.00%, citing persistent inflation despite continued economic growth. Bitcoin traded around $76,000 following the decision, while Ethereum remained near $2,400 and XRP held a

Bitcoin volatility surged following the Federal Reserve's August Jackson Hole speech, according to data from KaikoData. The 30-day rolling volatility for Bitcoin spiked after the speech, eased temporarily, and then climbed again into September. The volatility increase reflects uncertainty

Bitcoin's Bull Score has declined from 80 to 60 over one week, according to crypto commentator CryptoQuant.com, as market uncertainty grows amid potential Federal Reserve interest rate considerations. The Federal Reserve may consider raising interest rates for the first time since 2023, creating

According to BlockBeats, Bitcoin fell to a monthly low of $74,960 on September 16, ahead of the Federal Reserve's rate decision. CME FedWatch data showed the market priced in a nearly 93% probability of a 25-basis-point rate hike, which would lift the federal funds target range to

According to ChainCatcher and CoinMarketCap research chief Alice Liu, Bitcoin's correlation with the U.S. dollar index fell to 0.08 from -0.54 ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision. Meanwhile, Bitcoin's correlation with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices dropped to 0.43 and 0.3,

Bitcoin fell 4% during US trading and stabilized near $75,900 as of 8 a.m. in London. The decline followed the US Senate's failure to advance the Clarity Act, a key crypto regulatory bill addressing whether tokens qualify as securities or commodities. Market sentiment weakened further as traders

On September 15, 2026, ET, the U.S. Senate held a key procedural vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (the CLARITY Act, H.R. 3633), ultimately failing to reach the 60-vote threshold required to advance consideration of the bill, with 50 votes in favor and 49 opposed. Not a single Democratic senator voted in favor, and defections from a small number of Republican lawmakers created a vote gap sufficient to end this year's legislative window. The vote was not on whether the bill would ultim

Gold traded at $4,326.17 per ounce on 16 September 2026, up $33.87 or 0.79 percent, as the Federal Reserve prepared to announce its policy decision at 2:00pm ET the same day. Markets priced a 25 basis point rate hike at between 85.6 percent

Bitcoin (BTC) fell to around $75,840 on September 16, while cryptocurrency-related stocks weakened, mainly pressured by two negative developments unfolding simultaneously: the failed procedural vote to end debate on the CLARITY Act, which did not clear the 60-vote supermajority threshold required to proceed to formal debate; and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, which began the same day, with strong August CPI data leading most economists to expect a 25-bps rate hike. CLARITY Act