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According to Gate market data, the S&P 500 index rose by 0.5%, reaching a new intraday high, while the Nasdaq 100 index increased by 1%.

According to CoinDesk, documents from the asset seizure order released by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) show that the military branch of Hamas, the Al-Qassam Brigades, suggested in a letter to potential donors not to use Binance for transferring funds, but instead recommended platforms such as Bybit, OKX, Kast, and Redotpay. The letter advised using Tether's USDT stablecoin and the TRC-20 network, which is used to create and manage fungible tokens on the Tron blockchain.The Al-Qassam Brigades stated in the letter: "It is best not to use the 'Binance' platform for transferring support, and do not input any data indicating our official name, to avoid your wallet being blocked, and for your safety (inputting any fictitious data as the recipient); you can transfer through applications like Trust Wallet, RedotPay, OKX, Kast, BYBIT, etc." The organization claimed that Binance "can only be used to purchase currency, and then another application is needed to complete the transfer process."Binance's Chief Compliance Officer Noah Perlman responded that the terrorist organization's suggestion for people to avoid Binance indicates that its control measures are working. OKX stated that the wallet address mentioned in the February 10, 2025 communication is unrelated to them and has been identified by their internal controls as being associated with illegal activities, and related transfers will be flagged and blocked. Kast stated that it has a dedicated financial crime compliance department. The U.S. Treasury noted in its 2026 Terrorism Financing Risk Assessment that organizations such as Hamas and ISIS continue to use digital assets for donations and transfers.

According to The Block, JPMorgan analysts stated that the Clarity Act is "not completely dead" after failing the procedural vote in the Senate, but the window for passing it before the end of this congressional session is "extremely narrow."Analysts expect the focus to shift to the rule-making of the SEC and CFTC, noting that the durability of institutional rules is not as strong as laws passed by Congress.

Etherscan announced the launch of the Arc blockchain explorer ArcScan, where users can query data such as transactions, addresses, and blocks on the Arc chain.ArcScan also provides API support, and the Arc network chain ID is 5042.

Well-known trader Bonk Guy posted on his personal channel that for a long time, Arc has been one of the "best performing" public chains. At the project's launch, it connected to several key platforms such as FOMO and DEX Screener, with major launch platforms including Argus, Tolly, Lift, and Long. However, Arc is not the next Robinhood, BNB, or Solana, and users should participate with caution, stating that viewing it as a similar public chain may lead to losses.Bonk Guy added that Arc is essentially a stablecoin public chain, and it may find suitable applications for stablecoins in the future, but it is currently difficult to see how meme coin traders can stay on this chain long-term. He also revealed that he has bought meme coins on the Arc chain but plans to hold them for no more than a few days, emphasizing that if participating in meme coin trading on Arc, it should be viewed as a short-term opportunity.

Jiang Zhuoer, the founder of Liebit Mining Pool (B.TOP), posted on platform X that at 2 AM Beijing time on September 17, the Federal Reserve will announce its interest rate decision. According to the 30-day federal funds futures prices, the current probability of a 25 basis point rate hike is about 92%. He expects the Federal Reserve to raise the target interest rate range from 3.50% to 3.75% to 3.75% to 4.00%, believing that this outcome is basically a foregone conclusion.After the interest rate decision is announced, the Federal Reserve will also release the dot plot. Jiang Zhuoer stated that attention should be focused on the median of the interest rate forecast and the central trend range after excluding the highest and lowest three points each. He expects the dot plot to show two rate hikes in total by 2026, meaning there will be one more rate hike within this year after the current hike, and the related expectations may lead to a short-term market decline.Jiang Zhuoer believes that the speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh, starting at 2:30 AM, is the biggest variable and expects it may release dovish signals. Therefore, he judges that the most likely market path is "falling first and then rising": a decline after the interest rate decision and dot plot announcement, followed by a rebound after Warsh's speech. He expects Bitcoin may drop below $75,000 before rebounding to $83,000 to $84,000, followed by a significant adjustment.

According to Blockaid monitoring, Flamingo Finance was attacked. The attacker borrowed approximately 18 million USDT through Morpho flash loans, staking Curve USDP LP into the Strategy during the transaction to inflate the price of VaultYUSDT shares, and then redeemed liquidity aUSDT.Currently, the attacker has realized a profit of approximately 345,900 USDT.

Crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett posted on the X platform, stating that although the CLARITY Act has been stalled in the U.S. Senate, the House of Representatives will continue to advance several cryptocurrency-related legislations today. At 10 AM Eastern Time, the House Ways and Means Committee will review and amend a cryptocurrency tax bill.Meanwhile, the House Financial Services Committee will also begin reviewing several bills, including the House Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act proposed earlier this year by Congressman Nick Begich.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH falls below $2,273, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.134 billion. Conversely, if ETH breaks above $2,508, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.102 billion.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $79,331, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $1.789 billion. Conversely, if BTC falls below $72,122, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $1.734 billion.

The on-chain trading platform GMX has released a governance proposal to allocate $10 million from the treasury to establish a GMX token market-making fund in the first phase. The fund will use the total chain merged open interest as a reference indicator. When the circulating market value of GMX is below the merged open interest, the focus will be on repurchases; when the circulating market value is not less than the merged open interest, it will shift to providing liquidity.The proposal also discloses the subsequent roadmap, including cross-collateral and cross-margin models, market segmentation, net open interest, RFQ, permissionless markets, Robinhood integration, and a new USDG LP product line, among others. In addition, GMX will initiate GT repurchases and distribute GT airdrops to GMX stakers, with specific details to be announced in future proposals.

According to The Block, the UK Treasury has submitted amendments to cryptocurrency regulations, including exemptions for certain stablecoin transactions, custody arrangements, and technical services related to DeFi protocols, which require parliamentary approval.Katie Harries, Coinbase's Head of European Policy, welcomed these changes but noted that regulated exchanges still face barriers in seeking access to DeFi.

WEEX Exchange Announcement: The limited-time zero transaction fee for XRP is now open. Users participating in trading can also share airdrops of 50,000 USDT. Activity period: 9/15 18:00 - 9/22 18:00 (UTC+8).During the event, new users can unlock corresponding rewards of 5 / 7 / 10 USDT by reaching specified tiers with their first net deposit and first spot trading (XRP/USDT); all users can receive a contract bonus of 5 USDT daily if their daily XRP spot trading volume is ≥ 50 U; invite friends to participate in this event, and an individual can earn up to 1,000 USDT in rewards.

In August, U.S. retail sales increased by 1.2% month-on-month, higher than the expected 0.8%. The previous value was revised from -0.6% to -0.5%.

According to Slow Fog's disclosure, Core Lightning (CLN) has an experimental feature vulnerability that may put user funds at risk. Core Lightning's official statement indicates that they are investigating the vulnerability and recommend that all nodes with experimental features enabled immediately disable them and wait for a patch. High-risk options include --experimental-dual-fund, --experimental-splicing, and --experimental-peer-storage.Slow Fog stated that similar issues were fixed in August, where remote peers could specify arbitrary or even zero fees in channel opening or fund adjustment protocols. Local nodes would sign and write to the database without additional verification, potentially forcing nodes to incur abnormal fees or even trigger a crash loop, leading to long-term offline status for the nodes.Node operators are advised to immediately disable or remove all experimental parameters; do not completely shut down the nodes, but use offline mode to retain on-chain monitoring capabilities to prevent peers from forcefully closing channels while the node is offline; verify signatures after the official patch is released before upgrading, and be cautious of fake patch links shared by impersonating official accounts.

Founder of Strategy Michael Saylor stated that as the CLARITY Act faces obstacles, he expects the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Treasury Department to continue advancing digital asset regulatory rules based on existing laws, without waiting for Congress to complete legislation.Saylor anticipates that banks will expand Bitcoin custody and Bitcoin-collateralized loan services, with more funds flowing into Bitcoin and digital credit. He added that the GENIUS Act will support further adoption of stablecoins, and the development of the crypto industry does not need to be paused due to the stagnation of the CLARITY Act.

According to CoinDesk, Bitcoin has shown a relatively independent trend before the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision was announced, with a significant decrease in its short-term correlation with the US dollar index and US stocks. Alice Liu, the research director at CoinMarketCap, stated that the short-term correlation coefficient between Bitcoin and the US dollar index has dropped to 0.08, compared to -0.54 over the past 30 days; its correlation coefficients with the S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq index have decreased to 0.43 and 0.3, respectively, from 0.75 and 0.6 the previous day.Liu believes that the market has recently shifted its attention to the CLARITY Act, which failed to pass a key procedural vote in the Senate on Tuesday, temporarily overshadowing regulatory progress with macro factors. As the correlation weakens, the strategy of hedging Bitcoin long positions by shorting S&P 500 futures has currently decreased in reliability. The market generally expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by 25 basis points, a scenario that has been largely priced in.This decision will test whether Bitcoin can re-establish its linkage with the US dollar and US stocks; traders also need to pay attention to the guidance after the meeting and fluctuations in US Treasury yields, as a significant rise in the latter could tighten financial conditions and drive risk-averse capital flows into the crypto market.