BTC, ETH, and XRP Plunge After CLARITY Setback but All Eyes Turn on Fed Now: Market Watch

XRP, in fact, is one of the worst performers today after the failure of the CLARITY Act's cloture. The first of the two massive events that can rattle the crypto markets occurred yesterday, and it didn’t go in the industry’s favor, resulting in immediate price pullbacks. Bitcoin, for example, slumped to a monthly low of $75,000. The altcoins, especially those that were expected to benefit the most from the bill’s potential progress, are also well in the red today. BTC Saw Monthly Low Bitcoin’s intense volatility began at the end of the previous business week, after the release of the US CPI data. Even though the numbers matched expectations, BTC first dropped from $77,000 to $76,000 before it suddenly and unexpectedly skyrocketed to $79,800. It was rejected there and driven south to its starting point, and all of these moves occurred in the span of less than two hours. The weekend was significantly less volatile, with the asset remaining sideways at around $77,000. It dipped again on Monday morning but then started to gradually rise in value and surged to $79,500 during the afternoon session. More fluctuations were expected on Tuesday evening, when the US Senate was set to vote on ...