Bitcoin Price Prediction: What’s Next After CLARITY Act Delay and Rate Hike?

Bitcoin price trades at $76,600, surprisingly gain 1.1% on the day, a bounce that masks a brutal prediction based on regulatory optimism. The bigger question isn’t the daily candle.

It’s whether BTC can hold this range as Washington and the Fed both deliver bad news in the same 48 hours.The Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act failed a critical cloture vote in the Senate on September 15, coming in at 50-49, a few votes short of the 60 needed to advance.

Reuters flagged a more than 5% intraday drop in Bitcoin as the vote outcome became clear, the sharpest single-day move since June. A day later, the Federal Reserve hiked rates 25 basis points to 3.75%-4.00%, its first increase in three years. But, instead of dropping Bitcoin run.

CLARITY failed and we got a rate hike and crypto is greenIf you somehow need more proof that we're starting a bull market, I can't help youHigher— eric (@econoar) September 16, 2026 Two headwinds, one week.