Institutional shifts towards smaller crypto ETFs like Solana and XRP may signal growing diversification and confidence in altcoins.
Record diesel prices could feed through to consumer price inflation, confirming more Fed rate hikes.
September 17, 2026, 7:27 amIs the BTC mining sector heading into an existential crisis?
September 17, 2026, 6:00 amTwo House committees advanced crypto legislation on Wednesday, approving a bill to establish a Strategic Bitcoin (BTC) Reserve and a separate measure setting federal tax rules for digital assets. The votes arrived one day after the Senate failed to invoke cloture on the CLARITY Act.
Rising Treasury yields are prompting a shift away from risk assets like bitcoin ETFs, impacting market dynamics and investor strategies.
Bitcoin traded above $76,000 as the Fed projected limited further tightening, while Paradigm’s Matt Huang discussed Zcash’s role as a privacy complement to bitcoin.
Gold’s 'structural' demand could challenge crypto ahead of the FOMC.
Bitcoin showed little immediate reaction to the Fed’s first rate increase since 2023, but 16 of 18 officials expect at least one more hike before the end of the year.
A House committee advanced a bill to create a strategic bitcoin reserve, which would codify Trump's plan for permanent bitcoin holdings.
The legislation would effectively codify Trump’s Bitcoin reserve policy, locking up Bitcoin acquired through civil and criminal forfeiture for 20 years.
Bitcoin miners have signed more than $100 billion in AI contracts while generating barely $1.1 billion in annualized revenue. More than 4 gigawatts of artificial intelligence and high-performance computing capacity are under contract across publicly traded miners tracked by CoinShares, but only about 550 megawatts are currently billing.
Bitcoin can continue gaining institutional ground even with the CLARITY Act stalled in Congress, according to Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor. He expects regulators to advance rules under existing law and banks to expand bitcoin custody and loans. Saylor Says Bitcoin Progress Does Not Depend on Congress Bitcoin’s integration into the U.S.
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