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Layer-2 and DeFi tokens lead broad crypto advance as post-Fed hike nerves fade
Starknet and arbitrum gained more than 17% while the 10-year Treasury yield slipped back below 5%, with 98 of CoinDesk 100 constituents advancing.

Ratings giant S&P Global acquires OpenZeppelin in tokenized finance risk push
Building on its recent market-data investment in Kaiko, S&P Global’s latest purchase targets the technological risks facing banks and asset managers onchain.

How Circle’s institutional Arc blockchain got taken over by memecoins on day one
Circle blockchain Arc's first day was dominated by memecoins, and the traders behind them had already moved on by Thursday morning.

Optimism creeps back into crypto, with the 2022 test still to come
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 17, 2026

Crypto rallies through the Fed's first rate increase since 2023
Bitcoin rose 0.88% over 24 hours to $76,621 as the central bank's projections implied only one further hike. Zcash jumped 23% to a record after Paradigm disclosed a stake.

Bitcoin faces 2022 parallels as Federal Reserve resumes rate increases
Bitcoin’s drawdown mirrors its position before the Fed’s first hike in March 2022, raising questions over whether a relief rally could precede further losses.

Celsius sues BitMEX for $495 million over 2020 crash liquidations
The estate is chasing 6,360 BTC lost in the Covid crash — a leveraged long position that sits awkwardly with the lender's delta-neutral marketing.

Bitcoin ETFs shed $450 million as Clarity Act fails
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs shed $450 million, the most since June, as the Senate's failure to advance the Clarity Act sent regulatory-sensitive tokens sharply lower.

Bitcoin's Coinbase premium sinks to one-month low, here’s why
Weakening U.S. demand, a setback for the Clarity act and expectations of a fed rate hike weigh on bitcoin.

Bitcoin gives back Monday's gain as Clarity Act odds fade on Polymarket
Bitcoin fell 1.7% since midnight UTC to $76,862, unwinding a late Monday rally as Polymarket odds on the Clarity Act becoming law this year halved overnight.

