
Bitcoin, Ether longs lose $380M after Senate vote
Crypto exchanges liquidated about $571 million in long positions after the Senate rejected CLARITY Act cloture, with BTC and ETH hit hardest.
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Crypto exchanges liquidated about $571 million in long positions after the Senate rejected CLARITY Act cloture, with BTC and ETH hit hardest.

Grayscale gave the XRP Trust ETF a 26.11% weight in its bitcoin-free Next Gen model, second behind ether at 42.34%.
XRP has fallen close to 9% over the past 24 hours to trade near $1.30 on Sept. 16, leaving the token around 7% below the $1.40 level it held before the latest selloff. CoinGecko puts XRP at roughly $1.30, with the token down 8.9% over 24 hours and 9.4% over the past seven days. XRP briefly fell towards $1.27 during the latest decline before recovering part of the loss. Selling accelerated after the US Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act on Sept. 15. The procedural vote ended 49-50, leaving the bill short of the 60 votes required to move forward, with four Republicans joining Democrats in opposition. XRP had traded near $1.

US Bitcoin ETFs suffered their biggest outflow since June as BTC slid below $75K following the key Senate CLARITY vote.

Bitcoin took a nosedive. On Tuesday, its price briefly dropped below $75,038, a 4% fall within hours, after the U.

Real Vision co-founder Raoul Pal says Bitcoin (BTC), not gold, is the better long-term hedge against currency debasement, arguing the asset's earlier adoption stage gives it more room to grow than the metal.

The newly detailed Teraswitch failure stayed below Solana's finality-halt threshold, while independent telemetry showed delayed finality and sharply lower throughput.

MARA's Bitcoin acquisition signals a strategic pivot, potentially influencing other miners to reassess reserve strategies amid evolving market dynamics. Marathon Digital Holdings buys 1,292 Bitcoin for $98.6M.

Solana's V1 upgrade expands transaction capacity 3.3x, giving its growing on-chain economy more room to scale.

Much of that sector-wide gain comes down to one token, Zcash, which now represents about 62% of the privacy market.

The $450 million withdrawal came as Bitcoin fell 2.5% and the CLARITY Act failed to advance in the Senate, with Fidelity and BlackRock funds leading the outflows.
Bitcoin heads into Wednesday's Federal Reserve decision without two tailwinds bulls hoped would carry it back above $80,000. The cryptocurrency briefly fell below $75,000 after the US Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act, while markets moved towards near-certainty that the Fed will raise rates by 25 basis points. Bitcoin later recovered and is now trading near $75,500. That rebound makes one level more important than the expected policy move. If buyers defend $75,000 after regulatory disappointment, 5% Treasury yields and tighter policy have already been absorbed; the reaction could reveal more about underlying demand than the Fed headline.
The Senate's 49-50 procedural vote left the crypto market structure bill 11 short of what it needed, and every major token fell.

Cardano's Mastercard partnership opens a new path toward wider payment adoption, but real usage remains the key test.
Analysts told The Block that the crypto market will continue to move with interest rates and the broader monetary environment.