Cryptocurrency Talking

Bitcoin is having a firmer day, though "rise" is a relative term in a market that's still digging out of a rough patch. As of this morning (September 17, 2026), BTC is trading around $76,357, with a 24-hour trading volume of $14.04 billion, up roughly 1% on the day. Here's the fuller picture: bitcoin briefly climbed above $80,000 in early September, but the mood soured after the Federal Reserve's latest move. The Fed delivered its first rate hike in years a unanimous quarter-point increase and bitcoin whipsawed hard on the news, spiking to $76,499.99 within minutes of the announcement before giving those gains back inside half an hour. Some analysts are drawing uneasy comparisons to 2022, when a similar Fed pivot preceded a prolonged crypto slump. Today's uptick looks more like stabilization than a breakout a modest bounce after that rate-hike turbulence, rather than fresh momentum toward new highs. Bitcoin remains well below its all-time high near $126,000 se...

Why Is Bitcoin Rise-Up Today? A Federal Reserve governor signaled that interest rates may stay where they are, helping Bitcoin recover from its slide earlier in the week. Key Points Bitcoin is rebounding as Treasury yields and the dollar fall, and investors worry less about a September rate increase. The conflict with Iran could keep oil and inflation high enough to put pressure on Bitcoin again. Bitcoin (BTC+3.86%) is up 4.8% over the past 24 hours as of 2:50 p.m.  ET on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, after U.S. Treasury yields fell and investors became less worried that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates this month. Lower rate fears are helping Bitcoin rebound U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Thursday said that he would support leaving interest rates unchanged if August inflation data is positive. This led to a drop in the market's expectations for an upcoming rate increase. Bond yields also slipped slightly from their recent highs. Both of these macro fo...