2026-09-17：Institutional Capital Flees as Hawkish Fed and Stalled CLARITY Act Shatter the Macro Decoupling Thesis

DeepMarket: Crypto Daily · Sep 17, 2026 · 3m

What happens when the core promise of digital assets—macro decoupling—shatters in a single trading session? An unexpected Federal Reserve rate hike sent benchmark Treasury yields roaring past five percent, triggering over half a billion dollars in synchronized ETF liquidations. But as Bitcoin buckles near critical support and Capitol Hill sinks the landmark CLARITY Act in a stunning midnight deadlock, the real shockwave is happening where almost no one was looking. Why did an overlooked privacy token suddenly surge toward a twenty-two billion dollar valuation while DeFi giants bleed…