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Bitcoin traded at roughly $79,000 after breaking beneath that threshold, extending a risk-off tone across crypto markets. For related coverage, see Solana, XRP, Ethereum ETFs in Red as Bitcoin ETF Adds $100 Million .
Prediction market traders on Polymarket are placing a large wager that the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates unchanged at its September 2026 meeting, turning the platform's Fed market into a live readout of where the smart money expects policy to land.
Bitcoin briefly touched $82,240 early on September 4 before reversing hard and falling back under the $80,000 mark, according to Decrypt. The token changed hands near $79,710 by press time, down about 1.
US crypto policy is entering a decisive stretch, with the CLARITY Act facing a key Senate step on September 15 that could shape how digital assets, and the creators and marketplaces built on them, are regulated. It is a procedural moment rather than a final verdict, but one the industry is watching closely.
Bitcoin climbed to $82,000 as dovish signals from the Federal Reserve lifted risk appetite across digital assets, with Ethereum, XRP, and Dogecoin also spiking as the rally broadened beyond the market leader.
A reported Coldcard attacker moved about 10% of the stolen Bitcoin through THORChain, using the cross-chain swap protocol to convert part of the haul into other assets, according to reporting on the incident.
Bitcoin is back above $80K, and the more interesting part of the move is where the bid is coming from. The headline figures point to a daily pop and a much larger 30-day run, but the framing being pushed is that this is a macro story tied to long-end Treasury activity, not a crypto-native catalyst.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in roughly $100 million while Solana, XRP, and Ethereum ETF products slipped into the red, a split that shows capital consolidating around Bitcoin rather than spreading across the newer altcoin fund lineup.
The largest cryptocurrency reclaimed the $77,500 level as softer Fed hike expectations reset risk appetite across digital assets. Bitcoin was changing hands at $77,935 , up about 0.
Crypto industry participants have submitted a set of differentiated rule proposals to the U. S.
Ripple's XRP claimed the early narrative edge in September's crypto ETF race, with reporting framing the token as the winner of what one outlet called September's "first fight" over spot-fund momentum.
Bitcoin fell to $78. 4K after Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh downplayed softer summer inflation data, telling markets that better-than-expected CPI and PCE readings had not meaningfully improved the underlying inflation picture.