Bitcoin Holds Near $77,400 as Clarity Act Vote Looms
A flat 48 hours for BTC, a Greed reading of 69, and Balancer's proposed wind-down lead the tape.
Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:00:10 GMT · written by the desk from live feeds
Key points
- •Bitcoin trades at $77,432, down 0.14% in 24 hours and 38.59% below its $126,080 all-time high.
- •The Fear and Greed index reads 69, labelled Greed, up from 57 yesterday.
- •BTC funding on the OKX BTC-USDT swap is 0.0061% per 8 hours, with $2.07B open interest.
- •XLM leads 24-hour gainers at 5.00%, while Rain falls 7.07% and Bitway drops 6.39%.
- •Balancer proposes winding down the protocol and distributing its treasury to BAL holders, per The Block.
Bitcoin Drifts as Washington Takes the Wheel
Bitcoin trades at $77,432, down 0.14% over 24 hours and 1.70% across the week. CoinDesk reports the slip toward $77,800 as the Senate's Clarity Act vote nears and oil prices climb. The 48-hour picture is almost motionless: BTC moved from $77,297 to $77,432, a gain of 0.17%, inside a $77,058 to $77,548 band.
The session high of $79,530 sits well above the current print, and the low of $77,396 is barely below it. Market cap stands at $1.556T on $31.21B of 24-hour volume. Bitcoin remains 38.59% below its $126,080 all-time high.
Broader conditions are softer. Total market cap is $2.655T, down 2.12% in 24 hours, with BTC dominance at 58.39%. The Fear and Greed index reads 69, labelled Greed, up from 57 yesterday.
Policy Headlines Crowd the Desk
The Clarity Act dominates the news flow. CoinDesk reports Democrats sent a counteroffer to Republicans over its provisions, and separately that the House panel shared a crypto tax bill ahead of a hearing this week. CoinDesk also carries the view that Wall Street's crypto push is unlikely to stop even if Clarity fails.
Elsewhere, the DOJ is seeking $61 million in what it calls Iran's crypto-laundered black market oil sales; The Block ties the proceeds to Binance. The Block reports Balancer proposes winding down the protocol and distributing its treasury to BAL holders, while CoinTelegraph frames it as a wind-down after restructuring failed to revive revenue. CoinEx will cease operation after nine years, CoinTelegraph reports, citing a significant crypto contraction.
Altcoin Board and Network Conditions
Among large caps, XRP is the outlier, up 1.96% on the day at $1.40. Ethereum is 1.00% lower at $2,488.51. XLM leads gainers, up 5.00%, and UNI adds 4.15%. Rain falls 7.07% and MemeCore 5.68%.
Derivatives are quiet: funding on the OKX BTC-USDT swap is 0.0061% per 8 hours, with $2.07B in open interest. On-chain, the fastest Bitcoin fee is 2 sat/vB, and difficulty sits 70.34% through its epoch with a 4.90% change pending over 598 remaining blocks.
DeFi's total value locked is $88.38B, led by Ethereum at $50.11B.
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The exact data bank handed to the model (deepseek / deepseek-flash) at 2026-09-15T06:00:10.489Z. The model may use nothing else. Sources: CoinGecko, Alternative.me, DeFiLlama, mempool.space, OKX, and the RSS headlines listed.
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