🔍Regulatory Defeat and Macroeconomic Tightening Put Bitcoin's Resilience to the Test

Bitcoin is currently trading at 78142, reflecting a 2.29% increase over the last 24 hours. Despite this minor short-term upward movement, the modest gains indicate a highly cautious and consolidated market environment. Traders are navigating a complex landscape where immediate buying interest is heavily constrained by broader structural resistance, keeping the asset in a tight range as participants absorb recent negative shocks. The legislative collapse of the Clarity Act in the U.S. Senate has introduced severe regulatory uncertainty, prompting a swift risk-off reaction as evidenced by 450 million dollars in spot Bitcoin ETF outflows. This regulatory setback is compounded by the Federal Reserve resuming its rate-hiking cycle with a 25 basis point increase, alongside macroeconomic pressures such as rising Treasury yields and high energy costs. Additionally, security breaches at major fintech platforms like Revolut and a systemic shift of Bitcoin mining power toward artificial intelligence further strain investor sentiment and limit capital inflows. - The failure of key U.S. regulatory legislation has triggered significant institutional capital flight from spot Bitcoin ETFs. - Resumed monetary tightening by the Federal Reserve, paired with rising bond yields, diminishes the appeal of speculative assets. - Operational challenges, including security exploits and miner reallocation to AI, continue to pressure the digital asset ecosystem.

Bybit's USD1 Hold & Earn Closes Out with a Final Shot at 35 Million WLFI

Bybit's USD1 Hold & Earn Closes Out with a Final Shot at 35 Million WLFI

DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has announced another month of rewards in its USD1 Hold & Earn program. From now until October 16, 2026, the fifth and final month marks the last opportunity for users to earn WLFI…

Bitcoin price jumps $2,000 to reclaim $78,000 after $80M shorts liquidated

Bitcoin price jumps $2,000 to reclaim $78,000 after $80M shorts liquidated

Bitcoin did something shorts didn't plan for: it bounced. The cryptocurrency surged roughly $2,000 over eight hours, climbing from lows near $76,300 back above the $78,000 mark as a wave of forced liquidations swept through leveraged bearish positions.Over $247 million in short positions were liquid…

Bitcoin to $100,000 Next Year? VanEck Reveals What Gets It There

Bitcoin to $100,000 Next Year? VanEck Reveals What Gets It There

VanEck’s head of digital assets research, Matthew Sigel, expects Bitcoin to hit $100,000 by next year, arguing that government debt burdens are propping up the asset.Sigel delivered the forecast on CNBC’s Squawk Box Asia on Friday, with Bitcoin trading near $77,400 in a week that hit crypto from th…

Bitcoin adds to bull-market hopes as price metric prints fourth-ever bullish cross

Bitcoin adds to bull-market hopes as price metric prints fourth-ever bullish cross

Bitcoin (BTC) is showing strong signs that its latest long-term floor is already in, according to a classic trading indicator.Key points:In August, the Fisher Transform indicator delivered a monthly bullish crossover for only the fourth time in Bitcoin’s history, according to Willy Woo.Previous mont…

Grayscale Sees Limited Bitcoin Impact From 25-Basis-Point Hike

Grayscale Sees Limited Bitcoin Impact From 25-Basis-Point Hike

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to a target range of 3.75%–4.00%, and Grayscale Research says the move is unlikely to drive major changes in Bitcoin price and the crypto markets. Grayscale’s central question is whether the increase is an isolated adjustment …

Morpho: Stock-backed lending goes live on Base - 18 Sep 2026

Morpho: Stock-backed lending goes live on Base - 18 Sep 2026

Morpho's lending infrastructure now supports stock-backed loans, allowing users to lend and borrow against Coinbase-tokenized stocks on Base. Loans can be taken at variable or fixed rates, and markets and parameters are deployed by curators. The launch is described in the announcement of stock-backe…

Dragonfly’s Qureshi calls for end to Zcash dev fund after 2028

Dragonfly’s Qureshi calls for end to Zcash dev fund after 2028

Crypto-focused venture capital firm Dragonfly’s managing partner, Haseeb Qureshi, proposed winding down the Zcash developer fund after it expires under current rules in 2028.“I’m of the opinion that this should be the final Dev Fund,” wrote Qureshi in a Friday X post, arguing that the fund is large …

Binance netflow shows inflow of 4,618 BTC on September 15

Binance netflow shows inflow of 4,618 BTC on September 15

Someone, or more likely a lot of someones, moved nearly 4,618 Bitcoin into Binance on September 15. That single-day net inflow was the largest in the reported observation period, according to on-chain data from CryptoQuant, and it arrived on a day when Bitcoin's price hit a session low of $75,640.Bi…

Kevin O'Leary projects Bitcoin peak at $150,000 amid price surge

Kevin O'Leary projects Bitcoin peak at $150,000 amid price surge

Kevin O'Leary, the man who once called Bitcoin "garbage," has completed what might be the most telegraphed pivot in crypto history. Speaking at the Avalanche Summit in New York on September 18, the O'Leary Ventures chairman announced he's actively buying new digital-asset positions and expects Bitco…

Grayscale Rules Out Major Crypto Shifts From a Second 2026 Hike

Grayscale Rules Out Major Crypto Shifts From a Second 2026 Hike

Grayscale says the Federal Reserve’s latest rate hike will not drive major changes in crypto markets. Nor would a second increase this year.Head of Research Zach Pandl published the note on Thursday. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) had raised its target range to 3.75%-4.00% a day earlier.Wh…

Uniswap Price Surges as SEC Opens Path for Permissioned AMM Trading—How High Can UNI Go? 

Uniswap Price Surges as SEC Opens Path for Permissioned AMM Trading—How High Can UNI Go? 

Uniswap price surged from around $6.63 to $8.49 as traders reacted to a major shift in the regulatory landscape. The rally accelerated after the US SEC opened the door for certain tokenized stocks to trade through permissioned AMMs. This development puts Uniswap v4 back in focus, which many believe …

Bank of Japan Raises Key Rate to 1.25%, Crypto Market Reacts Positively

Bank of Japan Raises Key Rate to 1.25%, Crypto Market Reacts Positively

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%, the highest level in 31 years. The hike was widely expected, and markets reacted calmly after two policymakers opposed the move, raising hopes that the BOJ may take a slower approach to future hikes.Despite the h…