
Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP Brace for Fed Decision
Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP are under pressure after the CLARITY Act failed. Now the Fed's rate decision could determine crypto's next major move.
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Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP are under pressure after the CLARITY Act failed. Now the Fed's rate decision could determine crypto's next major move.
As Dogecoin (DOGE) price fell by roughly 3.6% over the past 24 hours following the vote on the CLARITY Act – a bill in the United States Senate geared towards regulating the cryptocurrency industry- despite large whales, addresses with at least 100 million DOGE, accumulating over 240 million coins in a week, crypto analyst Ali Martinez has set bold targets for this memecoin.

The Senate's rejection of the CLARITY Act heightens regulatory uncertainty for XRP, potentially hindering its market growth and adoption. XRP drops 9% to $1.28 after Senate rejects CLARITY Act.

Bitcoin Core 32.0 entered final testing with mempool-aware fee estimates, faster block validation and security fixes before an Oct. 10 target.

Ethereum's multi-party block construction enhances decentralization, reduces transaction bottlenecks, and diversifies block inclusion paths. Ethereum's multi-party block construction goes live on mainnet.

Bitcoin traded near $75,800 ahead of the Fed decision after falling almost 3%, while markets nearly fully priced a 25-basis-point rate increase. Robin Brooks warned Warsh may struggle to match tightening expectations, with a softer message potentially weakening the dollar and lifting long-term Treasury yields.

Trading data pointed to aggressive selling, with XRP's cumulative volume delta plunging to negative 10.5 million.

At 8:40 a.m., bitcoin's price is hovering around $75,879 on Sept. 16, 2026, after a sharp intraday washout tested $74,913 and buyers managed to pull the price back into the mid-$75,000s. The bigger picture is far less tidy.

The stalled CLARITY Act may boost Bitcoin's institutional adoption by reducing regulatory uncertainty and encouraging financial innovation. Michael Saylor says stalled CLARITY Act could accelerate Bitcoin capital flow.

Ethereum price rebounded toward $2,420 after a sharp sell-off, but weak capital flows and resistance near $2,465 leave ETH exposed to another correction. Ethereum price action today Ethereum (ETH) price was trading near $2,421 on Sep.

Hyperscale's liquidity surplus highlights potential volatility risks and strategic opportunities in its pursuit of AI and Bitcoin ventures. Hyperscale Data reports $51M in BTC and cash holdings, exceeding its own market cap.
Evernorth holds more than 473 million XRP and is approaching a shareholder vote that could put its XRP treasury strategy on Nasdaq under XRPN.
XRP price crashed almost 9% after the Senate killed the CLARITY Act. Here is why XRP fell harder than Bitcoin, and the XRP price targets that matter now.

The 13 Bitcoin spot ETFs listed in the United States recorded net outflows of $450.4 million on Tuesday, September 15, according to data from Farside Investors. A level rarely reached in recent months.

Bitcoin is near $76K after the CLARITY Act setback. With ETF outflows and the Fed in focus, can BTC recover $80K or fall toward $72K?