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2026-09-19 UTC
 
MARKET REPORTBULLISH

Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP Rise as Traders Move Past CLARITY Act's Failure

Crypto prices climbed Friday even after the CLARITY Act, a proposed crypto market-structure bill, failed to advance, with XRP nearing a bullish chart signal.

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Executive takeaway

Bitcoin and ethereum prices rose on September 18, 2026, as traders shifted focus away from the failed CLARITY Act toward altcoins including XRP, which is approaching a golden cross.

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XRP outpaces bitcoin and ether this month. Rebased prices show whether XRP's rally is outrunning bitcoin and ethereum, testing the claim that traders are rotating into altcoins ahead of a potential golden cross.

XRP outpaces bitcoin and ether this month

Rebased prices show whether XRP's rally is outrunning bitcoin and ethereum, testing the claim that traders are rotating into altcoins ahead of a potential golden cross.

Live market prices for BTC-USD, ETH-USD and XRP-USD.

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Bitcoin and ethereum prices rose in trading on Friday, September 18, 2026, even as the CLARITY Act — a bill meant to set clearer US rules for crypto markets — failed to advance. Rather than selling off on the regulatory setback, traders appeared to rotate attention toward altcoins, with XRP nearing what chart watchers call a golden cross, a signal some traders read as a sign of building upward momentum. The muted reaction to the bill's failure suggests the market had already priced in the possibility that CLARITY would stall, or that traders now see altcoin-specific catalysts as more important to near-term price action than the fate of a single piece of legislation in Washington. What isn't yet clear is whether this rotation into altcoins persists once the immediate reaction to the CLARITY Act news fades, or whether bitcoin and ethereum reclaim the market's attention if the golden cross fails to materialize in XRP's chart.
What would change this view

This bullish framing would be undercut if XRP fails to complete the golden cross pattern currently forming on its chart.

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