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U.S. CFTC Chairman Mike Selig described the Senate’s failed procedural vote on the Clarity bill as a regrettable outcome and said the agency would pursue rules for the cryptocurrency market using its authority under current law, BlockBeats reported. Selig said Americans deserve regulatory clarity, legal certainty and consumer protection in the cryptocurrency market. Selig added that President Donald Trump has laid out a policy of building a forward-looking regulatory framework for the crypto market and that the CFTC will continue related work within the authority granted by existing law. Selig also said the United States is now, and will remain, the center of the global cryptocurrency industry.

Private credit infrastructure firm Tare has raised $13.25 million in seed funding, Fortune reported. The round was led by Blockchain Capital and included Janus Henderson, Strobe Ventures, VentureDebt, Neoclassic Capital and the Avalanche Foundation. Investors also included Aave CEO Stani Kulechov, Tether co-founder Phil Potter and Privy CEO Henri Stern. Tare did not disclose its valuation and plans to use the funding to build Avalanche-based loan management software.

Startup Iris has raised $43 million to provide onchain financial services to telecom operators through Avalanche, according to Crypto Briefing. The sole investor was Balesia Group, a telecom family office in the Americas, with the full amount coming from a single backer. Iris operates its platform on a dedicated Avalanche Layer 1 blockchain and is currently supporting onchain real-time payment and settlement operations for telecom providers based in Bolivia and Mexico.

Prometheum Capital, HashKey and Velocity Capital have signed an MOU to support trading in tokenized U.S. stocks, ETFs and Treasuries for eligible overseas investors through the HashKey exchange, The Block reported. The tokens would be backed by securities held at the Depository Trust Company, and the tie-up would connect Prometheum’s compliant custody and trading infrastructure with overseas crypto market distribution networks and a DTCC tokenization service planned for launch in the fourth quarter of 2026, according to The Block. The project still requires final agreements, regulatory approvals and technical integration.

Robinhood said it plans to support Arc, Circle’s blockchain. As a result, users will be able to deposit and withdraw USDC directly through networks supported by Robinhood.

ProCap Financial (BRR), led by Anthony Pompliano, sold 50 BTC to repurchase 2.2% of its common stock, BitcoinTreasuries reported. The sale reduced ProCap Financial’s Bitcoin holdings to 5,254 BTC. Shares repurchased by the company so far account for 12.2% of total shares outstanding.

RWA platform Theo has launched thSLVR, a tokenized silver product, CoinDesk reported. The product has secured $40 million in silver lease commitments. thSLVR is designed to maintain exposure to silver prices while distributing lease fees paid by institutional borrowers to token holders. With the launch, Theo has expanded its commodity finance business beyond its existing gold-focused operations into silver and plans to use thSLVR as a backing asset for its stablecoin thUSD.

U.S. House committees are continuing work on crypto-related legislation even as Senate passage of the Clarity Act has effectively become difficult, Eleanor Terrett, host of the U.S. podcast "Crypto In America," said. According to Terrett, the House Ways and Means Committee is holding a markup today on H.R.10357, the Digital Asset Tax Clarity Act, which covers the tax framework for digital assets. At the same time, the House Financial Services Committee is beginning markup on multiple bills, including H.R.8957, the Reserve Modernization Act, a bill on a strategic Bitcoin reserve introduced by Rep. Nick Begich. Markup is the process in which a committee reviews a bill, considers amendments, and decides whether to advance it to the full chamber.

A total of 3,790 BTC that had been long dormant moved between Sept. 1 and Sept. 15, according to Bitcoin News. The coins came from wallets created between 2010 and 2017, including 113 BTC, worth about $8.8 million, that moved for the first time since 2013. The largest transfer was 1,260 BTC from a wallet created in 2016 on Sept. 6. Bitcoin News said 62% of dormant BTC moved this month was transferred over the weekend.

The bankruptcy estate of failed crypto lender Celsius has filed a roughly $495 million lawsuit against BitMEX, alleging the exchange seized 6,360 BTC through market manipulation and improper liquidations during Bitcoin’s sharp decline in March 2020, CryptoSlate reported. The suit was filed ahead of BitMEX’s planned Sept. 23 shutdown of exchange operations.

The three major U.S. stock indices opened higher today. - S&P 500: +0.30% - Nasdaq: +0.50% - Dow Jones: +0.10%

Coinbase announced the addition of BLUECHIP and RITUAL to its listing roadmap.

Aave Labs plans to build a dedicated lending market for tokenized real-world assets on Avalanche, The Defiant reported. According to the report, USA₮, a dollar stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, will be used as collateral. Institutions will be able to borrow USA₮ by pledging tokenized real-world assets as collateral without selling them. Aave said the goal is to create an environment where asset tokens can be used as on-chain collateral through the dedicated lending market.

Ondo Finance said its subsidiary Oasis Pro Markets has joined the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s Fund/SERV, a fund transaction processing network in the United States, becoming the first tokenization company to do so. The network handles more than 85% of U.S. mutual fund transactions, and the move will allow Ondo to connect with fund managers and asset management platforms while standardizing transaction processing, settlement, dividends and reporting for tokenized funds.

Bitcoin accounted for 0.5% of global financial assets as of August this year, according to U.S. Bitcoin financial services firm River.

The UK Treasury has submitted to Parliament proposed changes to crypto regulations that would exempt some stablecoin trading and custody, as well as technical services related to DeFi protocols, The Block reported. The amendments still require parliamentary approval. Katie Harries, Coinbase’s head of European policy, welcomed the move while noting barriers still remain for regulated exchanges seeking to access DeFi.

A dovish signal ahead of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision could support a strong fourth quarter for cryptocurrencies this year, according to Crypto Briefing. The outlet said a rate hike is already widely expected and market attention is focused on the Fed’s messaging. It added that if Chairman Kevin Warsh delivers a dovish signal, the crypto market could strengthen in the fourth quarter, while hawkish remarks could send Bitcoin back to test the $63,000 low. Crypto Briefing said fund flows already show a wait-and-see stance ahead of the Fed announcement. Net buying preference for stablecoins rose to 28%, while buying strength for Bitcoin and Ethereum fell to 3% and 9%, respectively. Hedge funds are still net buyers, but systematic and quantitative investment strategies have tilted heavily toward selling. Overall, the outlet said investors appear to be cutting exposure to risk assets while securing liquidity that can be redeployed at any time. It also said that after the Fed announcement, the key point to watch will be whether capital parked in stablecoins returns to exchanges and the broader market, rather than the rate decision itself.

The key market factor is whether new buying can absorb BTC selling pressure, rather than a possible U.S. rate hike for the first time in three years, according to XWIN Research Japan. Citing Bitcoin’s price action in 2023, XWIN Research Japan said the main driver of market direction was not interest rates themselves, but whether loss-taking selling continued and whether fresh buying demand absorbed that supply. The firm added that investors should not judge market direction based solely on headlines about a rate hike.

Michael Saylor, chairman of Strategy, said that even as the U.S. Clarity Act remains deadlocked, the SEC, CFTC and Treasury Department are expected to develop cryptocurrency rules under existing law. Saylor said banks are likely to expand BTC custody and BTC-backed lending, while more capital could flow into BTC and digital credit. He added that regulatory progress for crypto does not necessarily need to wait for additional legislation from Congress.

Bitcoin has been moving more independently ahead of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision, with its correlation with the U.S. Dollar Index and U.S. equities weakening further, CoinDesk reported. CoinDesk said Bitcoin’s short-term correlation with the Dollar Index, which measures the U.S. dollar’s strength against major currencies, had fallen to near zero. It added that Bitcoin’s positive correlation with U.S. stocks had also weakened. Bitcoin’s short-term correlation with the dollar stood at 0.08, a sharp contrast with -0.54 over the past 30 days, according to the report. Its correlation with the S&P 500 fell to 0.43 from 0.75 yesterday, while its correlation with the Nasdaq dropped to 0.30 from 0.60. Bitcoin’s correlation with gold also declined to 0.28 from 0.69 over the past 30 days. CoinDesk said the decoupling appeared to reflect the market’s recent focus on the Clarity Act. The bill failed to pass a key procedural vote in the Senate, shifting investor attention from traditional macro factors to regulatory issues.

Bitcoin on-chain activity has fallen to its lowest level on record, K33 Research said. Just 3.8 million BTC moved over the past 180 days, which K33 Research said suggests selling pressure is easing and signals are emerging that Bitcoin may have already passed the bottom of this cycle.

Payward, Kraken’s parent company, plans to offer Hyperliquid (HYPE) perpetual futures to U.S. customers, subject to regulatory approval, Cointelegraph reported.

Crypto investors are reducing risk exposure and increasing stablecoin allocations ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate decision, according to a CoinDesk analysis. CoinDesk said stablecoins are showing the clearest market move as investors build liquidity before the Fed announcement, with attention focused not only on the rate decision itself but also on where sidelined capital may flow afterward. CoinDesk added that past rate hikes have not always had a major impact on BTC prices. When the Fed last raised rates in July 2023, BTC showed little price movement as expectations had already been priced in, the outlet said. It also noted leverage in the derivatives market remains relatively subdued, with open interest in Bitcoin perpetual futures below its annual average and no clear sign that excessive leverage has built up to the point where a price drop would trigger cascading liquidations. The market is paying closer attention to what Chairman Kevin Warsh signals about the future rate path than to whether the Fed raises rates, CoinDesk said.

Crypto asset manager Two Prime has launched a Bitcoin lending vault, CoinDesk reported. The product targets institutions and aims to offer annual yields of 1.5% to 2% through BTC lending. Through the new product, Two Prime is expanding its lending business into onchain finance and plans to connect Bitcoin holders seeking yield with institutions looking for funding.

Doug Petno, co-president of JPMorgan, said in an X post that institutional demand for blockchain and stablecoins remains at an early stage, according to BeInCrypto. Petno said there is no clear institutional demand for stablecoins outside crypto trading, while interoperability, regulation and KYC appear to be obstacles. In response to the X post, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino pushed back, mocking the view as similar to saying there is little demand to import ice into the Arctic.