The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point on September 16, 2026, reigniting a debate that crypto traders know well: whether Bitcoin is entering a stretch comparable to 2022, when sustained monetary tightening accompanied one of the asset's sharpest drawdowns on record.
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point on September 16, 2026, reigniting a debate that crypto traders know well: whether Bitcoin is entering a stretch comparable to 2022, when sustained monetary tightening accompanied one of the asset's sharpest drawdowns on record.
Curve Finance says it is live on Arc, the stablecoin-focused Layer 1 blockchain built by Circle, marking an early DeFi deployment on a network that has yet to accumulate public liquidity data.
Bitcoin climbed to $76,874, up 1. 75% in 24 hours, as cryptocurrency markets absorbed the Federal Reserve's first interest rate increase since 2023 with a measured rally rather than the selloff that tighter monetary policy typically brings.
Wallets linked to BlackRock reportedly sent 54,096 ETH and 2,015 BTC to Coinbase Prime on September 17, 2026, according to a report by Crypto Briefing citing on-chain tracking platform Arkham Intelligence.
An MEV bot reportedly front-ran a $7. 8 million exploit targeting rsETH on Ethereum, intercepting funds before the original attacker could extract them.
Bitcoin traders heading into the Federal Reserve's September 2026 meeting are largely positioned for a rate hike, but analysts warn that a surprise decision to hold rates steady could generate a sharper and less predictable market reaction than the widely anticipated tightening move.
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