Weekly Recap | CPI Fuels Rate-Cut Bets, Bitcoin Breaks $116K, and Fed Decision Week Ahead
2025.09.15
Weekly Recap (Sep 8 – Sep 14)
Last week, U.S. August CPI data came in line with expectations, fueling market bets on a Fed rate cut in September and pushing Bitcoin above $116,000. This week, major central banks including the Fed and BOJ will announce rate decisions. Markets widely expect a 25 bps Fed cut, which could drive flows into gold and crypto assets. Overall, the crypto market remained volatile, with Bitcoin consolidating around $116K and Ethereum pulling back after briefly hitting $4,750.
Let’s review the key events of the past week and preview what’s ahead.
Market Pulse
- Gemini raised $425M in IPO with reduced issuance
- BlackRock explores tokenization of ETFs and traditional assets
- U.S. August CPI rose to 2.9% YoY, the highest since January
- JPMorgan warns S&P 500 snub of Bitcoin treasury firms is a red flag
- BlackRock IBIT Bitcoin holdings exceeded $85B in market value
- Metaplanet to raise $1.4B to buy more Bitcoin
- Tether CEO announced a U.S.-based stablecoin “USAT”
- Polymarket seeks re-entry to U.S. market with $10B valuation target
- Japan’s Convano plans $139M bond issuance to buy Bitcoin
- U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs saw $2.323B net inflows last week; ETH ETFs saw $637M inflows
Funding & M&A
10 funding deals totaling over $50M, mainly in infrastructure and DeFi:
- RuneSoul, a Web3 gaming infrastructure project, raised $4M led by Bitgo Capital
- Inversion Capital raised $26.5M seed round led by Dragonfly Capital
- Tetra Digital Group raised ~$10M for digital asset infrastructure
- AI startup JoJoWorld raised $8M to build 3D data infra for embodied intelligence
Policy & Compliance
- SEC postponed Bitwise and Grayscale ETF decisions to November
- U.S. jobs revised down by 911K, increasing Fed rate-cut pressure
- HKMA to optimize crypto capital adequacy rules
- Grayscale filed registration statements for BCH, LTC, and HBAR
- U.S. Congress asked Treasury to develop Bitcoin strategic reserve plan
- Korea to allow joint KRW stablecoin issuance by banks and non-banks
Echobit Highlights
- September Futures Championship – 50,000 USDT Prize Pool
- Community Carnival – Share 1,000 USDT
- New Listing: $NMR/USDT Spot – 10,000 USDT Reward Pool
- $DOLO/USDT Futures – Trade to Share 20,000 USDT Double Rewards
Looking Ahead (Sep 15 – Sep 21)
- Ethereum Fusaka roadmap: Holesky fork on Sep 15
- Fed FOMC meeting on Sep 16–17, first potential rate cut since Dec 2023
- Korea lifts restrictions on crypto trading & brokerage from Sep 16
- Trump to visit UK Sep 17–19 with OpenAI & Nvidia CEOs
- Fed interest rate decision on Sep 18
- Large token unlocks for OP, FTN, and ARB
Stay tuned with Echobit as we bring you critical market insights, policy trends, and investment opportunities—empowering every crypto user to navigate the market with confidence.