As predicted by observers, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) has cut interest rates for the first time in 2025, with the scenario of two more cuts being higher than ever. This information has confirmed the increase of the cryptocurrency market in the past week, with many major coins returning to the high price mark of late August.
Top cryptocurrencies' movements over the past 7 days, Coin360 screenshot at 07:30 AM on 09/21/2025
Another notable news is that the SEC announced that it will streamline the crypto ETF approval process, opening up a period of a series of ETFs being approved in the near future, giving momentum to big cap coins waiting for ETFs to increase strongly.
Followin invites you to review all the crypto movements of the week to make sure you don't miss any important news!
📄 News
Hot news 🔥
- Fed Things to watch out for after the Fed cuts interest rates on September 18, 2025
- SEC SEC Approves Common Listing Standards for Cryptocurrency ETFs
- Ethereum sets date for Fusaka Hard Fork , biggest upgrade in 2025
- Buy crypto:
- BTC: Strategy ($60.2 million),
- ETH: BitMine ($378 million),
- SOL: Forward Industries ($1.58 billion)
- Doge: Thumzup Media ($2 million)
- Set up a crypto fund:
- BTC: Hyperscale Data ($100 million)
- SOL: Helius Medical Technologies ($500 million), Brera Holdings ($300 million)
- LINK: Caliber ($26 million)
Big Cap 💎
- Vitalik Buterin "hints" at a new era of Ethereum, 10x growth
- Ethereum faces historic congestion, over 2.5 million ETH are in the unstake queue
- BNB price continues to probe the top after Binance asks US authorities to end supervision soon
- HYPE price sets ATH near 59 USD after CZ "shills" rival ASTER
- Polkadot suddenly "adjusts" tokenomics, bringing the supply to 2.1 billion Token
- Monero (XMR) price increases 7% despite Qubic attack, reversing over 117 transactions
- Wormhole announces tokenomics 2.0, W price jumps 18%
- Movement wants to "transform" with plan 2.0
- South Korea launches stablecoin KRW1 on Avalanche
- PayPal's PYUSD Expands to 9 New Blockchains with LayerZero
DeFi and Layer 2
- DeFi returns to its golden age, TVL reaches 170 billion USD
- Layer-2 Base considers Token Issuance , MetaMask announces similar plans
- Native Markets wins bid for stablecoin USDH on Hyperliquid
- Shibarium Bridge was attacked, 2.4 million USD evaporated
Memecoin, Non-Fungible Token, GameFi, Metaverse and SocialFi
- American Express tests Non-Fungible Token “travel stamps” on layer-2 Base
- Kalshi crossed the $1 billion Volume mark in just the first half of September
Large organizations
- Google launches AI payment protocol with stablecoin support
- PayPal integrates Bitcoin, Ethereum and PYUSD into P2P
- Standard Chartered sets up $250 million fund, Credit Saison launches Onigiri Capital for digital asset investment
- REX–Osprey prepares to launch the first XRP ETF in the US
Legal and Reception
- Bank of England heavily criticized for plan to tighten stablecoin
Notable tiktok videos of the week
- BTC is extremely tense! Will it skyrocket to $120K or drop to $110K? https://www.tiktok.com/@followincrypto/video/7550278699875077384
- USDT drops sharply, Cash out massively, Opportunity or risk? What should traders do? https://www.tiktok.com/@followincrypto/video/7550629547989863688
- BNB hits new high, $BARD sold out, everyone holds their breath waiting for the FED - Summary of the hottest news on September 17 https://www.tiktok.com/@followincrypto/video/7551019323867827464
- Attention! Resolution 05 STORM is coming - Top 5 things to know to not be left behind! https://www.tiktok.com/@followincrypto/video/7551348326214503688
- 3 altcoins whales are buying strongly after the FED cut interest rates https://www.tiktok.com/@followincrypto/video/7551763020679105810
