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Weekly Market Update - Thursday, September 18, 2025
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell announced the first rate cut of the year with a 25bps reduction, bringing the federal funds rate between 4% and 4.25%: Markets are reportedly anticipating further cuts in both October and December in response to a slowing job market and moderate inflationary pressures.
PayPal will let US users send bitcoin, ether and other supported cryptos directly across PayPal and compatible wallets: The rollout will also introduce one-time send/request links for crypto transfers and exempts transfers from IRS 1099-K reporting, according to the company.
London Stock Exchange Group has launched a tokenization platform to help issuers create and settle tokenized private funds: Investment manager MembersCap has already used the service with further platform features yet to be announced.
Ethereum’s total stablecoin supply reached an all-time high of $166 billion, up from just under $150 billion a month prior: The growth was largely led by the two leading stablecoins USDT and USDC, which have a combined $135.8 billion worth of tokens on the network.
Pump.fun generated $3.38 million in daily protocol revenue on Monday, overtaking Hyperliquid: The Solana memecoin launchpad has led a comeback partially fueled by a buyback program which purchases its native token, PUMP.
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Crypto prices as of Thursday, September 18, 2025, at 12:35 pm ET. Percentage change is over a 7 day period. Check out the latest crypto prices here.
BitcoinBuzz data as of 5:17pm ET on September 17, 2025.
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