Morning Minute: Clarity Act Vote Falls Short as Democrats All Vote ‘No’
It should not have come as a surprise given the odds, but crypto majors, alts and memes all sold off anyway in the wake.
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Bitcoin absorbs initial pre-Fed sell-off, leaving $70K as a critical test for Warsh’s Fed decision
Bitcoin fell to an intraday low below $75,000 on Sept. 15, extending a selloff already underway ahead of the Senate vote on the CLARITY Act. The Senate failed 49-50 to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to the bill,…
Bitcoin Hovers at $76K as Analysts Argue the Fed Matters More Than Clarity Act
With Bitcoin sitting around $76,000, the argument from analysts is that dollar liquidity, not Congress, sets the floor from here.
Bitcoin Core 32 enters final testing with faster validation, fee changes and security fixes
The October update changes how nodes estimate transaction fees and process blocks, while fixing a wallet flaw that could let an authenticated user run commands on a node.
Bitcoin price targets $72.5K as Aroon favors sellers
Bitcoin price fell toward $75,500 after the U.S. Senate rejected the CLARITY Act, while bearish momentum and nearby liquidation clusters raised the risk of another decline before the Federal Reserve’s rate decision. According to data from crypto.news, Bitcoin (BTC) price…
Kraken parent plans regulated Hyperliquid perps
Payward plans to offer Hyperliquid HIP-3 perpetual futures to eligible U.S. clients through Bitnomial, subject to regulatory approval.
Zcash holders back 25-second blocks, vote to keep ZEC halving schedule
Nearly 99% of ZEC holders voted to reduce block times to 25 seconds, while keeping ZEC issuance and halving schedules unchanged.
Cathie Wood Calls the $1.75 Trillion SpaceX IPO a Bargain: Here's Why
Cathie Wood says $10 trillion in Starship revenue would make the $1.75 trillion SpaceX IPO a deep value bargain.
Circle launches Arc mainnet with USDC as native gas token
Circle’s Arc mainnet is live with USDC for transaction fees, support for more than 20 fiat stablecoins and links to over 20 blockchains.
Ethiopia cuts power to Bitcoin miners as El Niño strains hydropower
Ethiopia has cut electricity supplied to Bitcoin miners to 23% of contracted levels after a 20% drop in reservoir inflows strained the country’s hydropower system. Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that El Niño had intensified dry conditions across the East African…
UK Inflation Hits 5-Month High. Will the Bank of England Hike or Hold?
UK inflation rose to 3.1% in August from 2.9% in July, the highest reading in five months. The Bank of England decides on interest rates one day later. The same shock is showing up elsewhere. Energy costs tied to the…
Bitcoin loses touch with the Dollar Index, U.S. stocks ahead of the Fed
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 16, 2026