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🏦 Federal Reserve rate decision
Market pricing for a rate hike has risen to 87%–95%, with the dot plot’s guidance on the year-end rate path becoming the focus.
⚠️ CLARITY Act fails to pass
Pessimism is mounting in the market, with BTC briefly falling below $75,000 and Meme tokens pulling back across the board.
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$POWER /USDT Perp – "Capitulation Drop – Short"**
**Trading Plan Short $POWER
Entry: 0.135
SL: 0.142
TP1: 0.12710
TP2: 0.1220
Explanation: POWER suffered a severe -30% drop from the 0.19688 high. The MACD is deeply negative. Shorting the current dead cat bounce targets the 0.12710 low, with an extension to the purple support at 0.12201.

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Chart Analysis
​1-Hour Timeframe (1h): The short-term trend shows fairly strong bearish pressure. The price (0.5925) has broken below all Moving Average indicators (EMA 20, 50, and 200), which are clustered in the 0.6168–0.6228 area. This indicates weakening buyer momentum. The nearest support area is in the range of 0.5348 to the previous low at 0.4941.
​1-Day Timeframe (1D): The medium- to long-term trend remains relatively bullish or in consolidation after experiencing a sharp decline from its peak at 0.9799. The current price (0.

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🚨 CLARITY Act Hits a Major Roadblock
The U.S. Senate’s latest procedural vote on the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act failed to secure the support needed to move the legislation forward.
This is more than just a single vote — it highlights how complex the debate around crypto regulation, market structure, investor protection, and SEC/CFTC jurisdiction remains.
For the digital-asset industry, regulatory clarity has been a major theme for years. The CLARITY Act was designed to establish clearer rules around which federal agencies o

【Flash Crash】In the early hours of last night, the U.S. Senate held a procedural vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act), which was rejected 50:49 after failing to reach the 60-vote threshold. The crypto market plunged in response, with prices across the board hitting new lows since June.
【Market Snapshot】BTC briefly plunged more than 5%, dipping to $74,910 and currently trading at around $75.6k, breaking below the $76k level; ETH fell even harder, briefly dropping below $2,400 and highlighting its high-beta characteristics; SOL fell below $100, while XRP slumped nearly 10%

Trading can really mess with your head.
I’ll open the chart just to check something quickly, then somehow I’m still there hours later checking BTC, watching alts and scrolling through CT.
Web3 doesn’t make it any easier.
There’s always a new coin pumping, a new narrative trending, or someone saying they found the next 100x.
And sometimes you start feeling like you’re missing out on everything.
I’ve had good trades. I’ve had bad ones too. I’ve also entered trades just because of FOMO and trust me, those ones can teach you a lesson real quick.
Now I’m just trying to slow down and trade what I ac

$BTC 2026 September 16 BTC Trend Analysis
As of 13:00 today, BTC/USD has pulled back from its intraday high and is undergoing a weak range-bound correction, with the current price around $75,700 and a 24-hour decline of approximately 2.6%. After yesterday’s surge, selling pressure was released, breaking below the $76,000 level. The 24-hour trading volume approached $40 billion, showing clear signs of a high-volume pullback, with growing divergence between bulls and bears. Overall, this is a structural correction, with no signs of an extreme market crash.
Technically, the daily chart closed wit

【$SYN Signal】Long + 1H pullback, 4H bullish extension
$SYN 4H RSI 74.74, 1H surged to 0.1185 before pulling back to 0.1028. The 4H MACD histogram is expanding, while the 1H histogram is contracting. The 1H Bollinger upper band is 0.1071, with the middle band at 0.0880. The order book buy/sell ratio is 0.92, depth imbalance is -4.30%, and selling pressure exists above. The funding rate is 0.0003%, and OI is stable. The current price is close to 0.102392 - 0.102700. This trade's risk-reward ratio is worth testing with a position, but keep the position size small when chasing highs.
🎯Direction:

During that false breakout at the highs, I tried a small $UNI short without waiting for full confirmation on the right side. The key was not guessing the top, but that there was no follow-through after the previous high was swept for stops, and volume did not continue expanding, so it looked more like a pullback after a shakeout.

After entering, UNI consistently failed to break above around 6.661 on its rebound, keeping the bearish momentum intact. When the unrealized gain reached +337.68%, I managed it on an 80/20 basis first, taking most profits and letting the core position run with a pr

$FLYBRAIN /USDT Perp – "Severe Capitulation – Short"**
**Trading Plan Short $FLYBRAIN
Entry: 0.00295
SL: 0.00310
TP1: 0.00285
TP2: 0.00264
Explanation: FLYBRAIN is down -59% from the 0.00753 high, hitting a low of 0.00285. MACD is deeply negative. Shorting the current dead cat bounce targets the 0.00285 low, with a secondary target at the purple support of 0.00264.

The Fed’s First Rate Hike in Three Years Imminent: Preview of the September FOMC Meeting
At 2:00 a.m. Beijing time on September 17, the Federal Reserve will announce its September rate decision and the latest Summary of Economic Projections (SEP). This will be the first FOMC meeting since Kevin Warsh took office as chair, and will also mark the Fed’s first rate adjustment since July 2023.
I. Rate Expectations
The current federal funds target range is 3.50%–3.75%. According to the CME FedWatch tool, the market prices in a 92.4% probability of a 25-basis-point rate hike and only a 7.6% probabili

Today’s ETH levels are only valid before the meeting.
At 2 a.m., set a breakeven stop on positions opened before the Fed meeting.

U.S. Bitcoin Spot ETFs See $450.4 Million Outflow on September 15, Largest in Three Months
U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded approximately $450.4 million in net outflows on September 15, 2026, marking the largest single-day redemption since late June and extending a pattern of institutional withdrawal from the cryptocurrency market. Fidelity's FBTC led the outflows with $214.8 million, followed by BlackRock's IBIT at $161.7 million, Grayscale's GBTC at $44.1 million, ARK Invest's ARKB at $17.4 million, and Bitwise's BITB at $12.4 million. Notably, no product recorded inflows on

9.16, Wednesday, BTC, afternoon outlook

BTC dipped to 749 in the early hours before staging a recovery rebound, with the day session consolidating around 759
This rebound can only be regarded as a technical recovery during the decline, with limited strength. The bearish trend has not been reversed, and overhead resistance is clear. Tonight’s Fed rate decision is of paramount importance. The overall strategy remains unchanged today: continue to look for shorts

Trading strategy
Short the rebound in the 765‑770 range. The first target is the early-morning low of 749; if it breaks, continue ta

$RONIN This -14% bearish candle wiped out all my unrealized gains from last week. I didn’t exit at 0.0573 that day, thinking the ecosystem still had another leg up, but it kept grinding down to 0.0459. The position I added at 0.052 is now underwater too. Trading volume was only 6.1M. The decline on shrinking volume means selling pressure isn’t particularly fierce, but buyers are even more timid—this kind of market is the most painful. The only lesson: when an altcoin rebounds near its previous high, you must reduce your position; don’t fall in love with it. At 0.0488, I’m neither adding nor cu

$SNDK successfully secured the short position setup—Brother Wei’s strategy is rock-solid
Before yesterday’s market open, Brother Wei said it had rebounded to 1570 and urged everyone to enter and short. He also made his bearish outlook very clear. After the open, a brief rebound was immediately followed by a sharp decline, and the level Brother Wei gave once again reached the highs.

$LTC This short position returned +239.16%, but I didn't take profit at the key level. I was looking for a retest confirmation after the previous low broke down, not just a single bearish candle, so I didn't enter too early and left room in the position.

During the hold, every rebound stopped below the key level, showing that selling pressure remained. LTC made a sharp surge at one point, but I didn't panic because the protection level was above the structure; only getting swept would mean admitting the setup was wrong.

If price later regains 51.03, the bearish structure will need to be re

Blue-chip L1s from the last cycle got absolutely deleted.
• Fantom: $7.7B → $4.8M
• Aurora: $2.6B → $3.1M
• Canto: $200M → $3.6M
• Songbird: $50M → $200K
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