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BTCLIVE BTC price on Oct 9, 2026 at 7am EDT $82,600 or above2.00×50% $82,700 or above4.17×24%

Bitcoin dropped below $82,000 on Thursday, leading a broad pullback across the largest cryptocurrencies.

The Bitcoin [BTC] price has been in decline since the 4th of September. The $80k level, and then the $76k level on Tuesday, the 15th of September, were lost as the market reacted to the increased odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike decision.

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The Senate’s failure to advance crypto legislation left Ethereum’s staking and DeFi rules in limbo just as a looming Federal Reserve rate decision puts a critical technical support level to the test.

Strategy Inc.(NASDAQ:MSTR) shares are falling Wednesday alongside other crypto-linked equities as Bitcoin continues to sell off after the Senate blocked the CLARITY Act from reaching the floor.

XRP fell more than 8% after the Senate blocked a key crypto bill, even as the token’s existing US regulatory treatment remained intact.

The biggest crypto news today is the bill that did not pass. The Senate voted 49 to 50 on September 15 to block the CLARITY Act from moving forward, per CoinDesk. Three Republicans broke ranks, per CNBC. The bill would have split crypto oversight between the SEC and CFTC.

In this episode, Scott Melker discusses the Clarity Act’s failure to advance in the Senate, the Fed’s expected interest rate hike, and Circle’s (CRCL) launch of its Arc blockchain.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) fell to around $75,800 on September 16 after losing roughly 1.5%, but the bigger move was elsewhere in crypto. XRP (CRYPTO:XRP) fell nearly 8%, compared with declines of about 3% for Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) and 3.5% for Solana (CRYPTO:SOL). …