Fed rate hike shakes up the encrypted market
📰 Crypto Morning News | 2026-09-17 09:00
🔥 Major Events
1. Fed raises rates by 25 basis points — The Federal Reserve’s FOMC unanimously decided to raise rates by 25 bps, lifting the target range for the federal funds rate to 3.75%—4%…
2. Celsius sues BitMEX for $495 million in claims — Celsius’ bankruptcy administrators filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York against BitMEX-related entities, seeking the return of 6,360 BTC…
3. Waller explains the September rate hike — Waller said that after the July decision to hold steady, economic and labor market data in recent weeks have been strong, summer inflation remains above the 2% target, and geopolitical factors have changed…
4. Waller says the inflation trend failed the test — Waller said that while the past seven weeks of data show the U.S. economy strengthening, the inflation trend has not passed the test, and the FOMC decided to cancel some of the previously accommodative policies…
5. Trump says U.S. interest rates should fall to below 1% — Trump said on a social platform that U.S. rates should be cut to 1% or lower, and urged the Fed again to rapidly cut rates…
6. The White House says the rate hike is quite regrettable — A White House spokesperson said the Fed’s rate hike is quite regrettable, and that higher interest rates won’t change oil prices, while also saying Trump still believes in the Fed’s independence.
📊 Market Data
1. U.S. stocks close lower and crypto-related shares fall broadly — After the Fed’s 25 bps rate hike was implemented, all three major U.S. stock indexes closed lower; the Dow fell an initial 1.2%, and the S&P 500 fell 0.44%…
2. Probability of another hike in October rises to 49.8% — According to CME FedWatch, after the September hike, the probability that rates will remain unchanged at 3.75%—4.00% in October is 50.2%…
3. A “mega whale” shorts ZEC for about 3 hours and loses $0.89 million — On-chain analysts monitoring say a certain whale shorted 8,120 ZEC using 10x leverage, with a position value of about $10.11 million…
4. U.S. SOL spot ETF sees net inflow of $0.8369 million — SoSoValue data shows that on September 16 (U.S. Eastern Time), the SOL spot ETF had a net total daily inflow of $0.8369 million…
5. Arc ecosystem’s热门 tokens drop across the board — According to GMGN, Arc ecosystem’s热门 tokens and Meme coins fell broadly; ARGUS is down more than 40% over the past 12 hours…
6. Bonk Guy says USELESS received $12 million in inflows — Bonk Guy posted that in the past month, the Solana ecosystem Meme coin USELESS has cumulatively received about $12 million from mega whales…
7. Markets in Korea and Japan open higher — Bitget market data shows Korea’s KOSPI index rose 67.4 points at the open, up 1.0%…
🏛️ Regulatory Policy
1. U.S. House advances crypto tax reform bill — The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee passed the “Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act” with 38 votes in favor and 5 against, and submitted it for consideration by the House…
💡 Project Updates
1. Upbit to list PYUSD and JPYC trading pairs — Upbit announced it will list PYUSD and JPYC KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs…
2. Paradigm founder on the Zcash developer fund — Paradigm founder Matt Huang said the Zcash developer fund still holds significant importance…
3. OpenAI releases an AI runaway tracking framework — OpenAI released a framework for tracking and investigating AI model mismatch events, and disclosed that it found six related incidents in the past six months…
📊 Market Overview: BTC $76,305 (+0.72%), funding rate 0.0093%; ETH $2,417.70 (+0.74%), funding rate 0.0038%
📍 Daily buy/sell points: $BTC daily sell point $76,801 | daily buy point $75,286 / $ETH daily sell point $2,443.26 | daily buy point $2,378.36 / BNB daily sell point $734.62 | daily buy point $711.45
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📰 Crypto Morning News | 2026-09-17 09:00
🔥 Major Events
1. Fed raises rates by 25 basis points — The Federal Reserve’s FOMC unanimously decided to raise rates by 25 bps, lifting the target range for the federal funds rate to 3.75%—4%…
2. Celsius sues BitMEX for $495 million in claims — Celsius’ bankruptcy administrators filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York against BitMEX-related entities, seeking the return of 6,360 BTC…
3. Waller explains the September rate hike — Waller said that after the July decision to hold steady, economic and labor market data in recent weeks have been strong, summer inflation remains above the 2% target, and geopolitical factors have changed…
4. Waller says the inflation trend failed the test — Waller said that while the past seven weeks of data show the U.S. economy strengthening, the inflation trend has not passed the test, and the FOMC decided to cancel some of the previously accommodative policies…
5. Trump says U.S. interest rates should fall to below 1% — Trump said on a social platform that U.S. rates should be cut to 1% or lower, and urged the Fed again to rapidly cut rates…
6. The White House says the rate hike is quite regrettable — A White House spokesperson said the Fed’s rate hike is quite regrettable, and that higher interest rates won’t change oil prices, while also saying Trump still believes in the Fed’s independence.
📊 Market Data
1. U.S. stocks close lower and crypto-related shares fall broadly — After the Fed’s 25 bps rate hike was implemented, all three major U.S. stock indexes closed lower; the Dow fell an initial 1.2%, and the S&P 500 fell 0.44%…
2. Probability of another hike in October rises to 49.8% — According to CME FedWatch, after the September hike, the probability that rates will remain unchanged at 3.75%—4.00% in October is 50.2%…
3. A “mega whale” shorts ZEC for about 3 hours and loses $0.89 million — On-chain analysts monitoring say a certain whale shorted 8,120 ZEC using 10x leverage, with a position value of about $10.11 million…
4. U.S. SOL spot ETF sees net inflow of $0.8369 million — SoSoValue data shows that on September 16 (U.S. Eastern Time), the SOL spot ETF had a net total daily inflow of $0.8369 million…
5. Arc ecosystem’s热门 tokens drop across the board — According to GMGN, Arc ecosystem’s热门 tokens and Meme coins fell broadly; ARGUS is down more than 40% over the past 12 hours…
6. Bonk Guy says USELESS received $12 million in inflows — Bonk Guy posted that in the past month, the Solana ecosystem Meme coin USELESS has cumulatively received about $12 million from mega whales…
7. Markets in Korea and Japan open higher — Bitget market data shows Korea’s KOSPI index rose 67.4 points at the open, up 1.0%…
🏛️ Regulatory Policy
1. U.S. House advances crypto tax reform bill — The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee passed the “Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act” with 38 votes in favor and 5 against, and submitted it for consideration by the House…
💡 Project Updates
1. Upbit to list PYUSD and JPYC trading pairs — Upbit announced it will list PYUSD and JPYC KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs…
2. Paradigm founder on the Zcash developer fund — Paradigm founder Matt Huang said the Zcash developer fund still holds significant importance…
3. OpenAI releases an AI runaway tracking framework — OpenAI released a framework for tracking and investigating AI model mismatch events, and disclosed that it found six related incidents in the past six months…
📊 Market Overview: BTC $76,305 (+0.72%), funding rate 0.0093%; ETH $2,417.70 (+0.74%), funding rate 0.0038%
📍 Daily buy/sell points: $BTC daily sell point $76,801 | daily buy point $75,286 / $ETH daily sell point $2,443.26 | daily buy point $2,378.36 / BNB daily sell point $734.62 | daily buy point $711.45
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