{"id":3666,"date":"2026-10-13T10:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wolfbet.com\/blog\/?p=3666"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:11:17","slug":"crypto-weekly-fed-clarity-act-rwa-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wolfbet.com\/blog\/crypto-weekly-fed-clarity-act-rwa-october-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Weekly: Hawkish Fed, Stalled CLARITY Act and the RWA Build-Out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Crypto starts the week on the back foot. Bitcoin slid from about $84,200 to near $81,000 before bouncing to roughly $82,000, and leveraged longs paid for it: $586 million of the $672 million in 24-hour liquidations were longs (KuCoin<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total crypto market cap sits at about $2.85 trillion, down 2% on the day (CoinGabbar<\/a>). ETH trades near $2,450 and the Fear & Greed Index dropped from 69 to 57.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The driver is macro, not crypto-native news. A hawkish Fed, 10-year Treasury yields above 5% and an oil spike are pushing investors out of high-valuation assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macro and policy: the Fed is tightening again<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Fed raised rates on September 16 for the first time since 2023, a unanimous 25 bp hike to 3.75\u20134.00% (Fed decision recap<\/a>). The median dot now sits at 4.1% for year-end, implying one more hike in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next FOMC meeting is October 27\u201328, less than a week before the November 3 midterms (MPA<\/a>). Futures price a 20\u201325% chance of an October hike and a full hike by year-end (BabyPips<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week’s macro calendar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date<\/th>Event<\/th><\/tr>
Oct 13<\/td>Fed Governor Waller speaks; JPMorgan and Goldman earnings<\/td><\/tr>
Oct 14<\/td>US September CPI, the key print of the week<\/td><\/tr>
Oct 15<\/td>G20 finance meeting, Fed Beige Book, PPI, retail sales<\/td><\/tr>
Oct 16<\/td>Fed Chair Warsh speaks at the IMF meetings in Bangkok<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Geopolitics adds pressure. An attack on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and uncertainty over a Russia\u2013Ukraine energy ceasefire lifted oil to a one-month high (KuCoin<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regulation: CLARITY Act stalls, agencies take over<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Senate cloture vote on the CLARITY Act failed 49\u201350 on September 15, well short of the 60 needed (Fireblocks<\/a>). A motion to reconsider keeps the bill alive, but passage this year now looks unlikely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

US crypto rulemaking has shifted to the agencies. The SEC is writing rules under Project Crypto, while the GENIUS stablecoin law is enacted but only partly implemented (Publish0x<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two smaller items matter too. FASB is weighing whether qualifying stablecoins can count as cash equivalents. In France, the Finance Committee rejected the 2027 budget’s revenue section, killing a proposed crypto exit tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Large caps: ETF money is leaving, except for XRP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

US spot ETFs saw about $1.25 billion in combined outflows from BTC, ETH and SOL funds in the week to October 11, while XRP funds kept attracting money (CryptoSlate<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asset<\/th>What happened<\/th><\/tr>
BTC<\/td>ETFs lost $681M on the week; Strategy still bought 250 BTC and now holds 848,250 (Bitcoin Sistemi<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr>
ETH<\/td>ETFs lost $542M; EDCON in Kuala Lumpur (Oct 17\u201318) may clarify Glamsterdam mainnet timing (CryptoTicker<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr>
SOL<\/td>Worst major of the week at -8.1% (CryptoTicker<\/a>); HKEX lists its second spot SOL ETF today<\/td><\/tr>
XRP<\/td>13 straight weeks of ETF inflows; XRPL activated institutional account controls on Oct 9, yet price is down about 24% YTD<\/td><\/tr>
HYPE<\/td>Down 5.5% on the week to about $85, but still the top-10 leader at +233% YTD<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

RWA: steady growth while prices fall<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tokenized real-world assets keep growing regardless of the price action. Distributed on-chain RWA value reached about $39.16 billion, up roughly 1.1% week on week, with 5.2 million asset holders (OneAsset \/ RWA.xyz<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The week’s main RWA developments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n