Fed Rate Cut Uncertainty Drives Selective Recovery in the "Red September"

By Rohit Spt 07,2025

Executive Summary Bitcoin defied historical "Red September" patterns, trading above $110K as 89% probability of Fed rate cuts shifted market sentiment, while Ethereum ETFs faced $447M outflows amid institutional rebalancing. Solana's meme coin ecosystem exploded with Pump.fun generating $72M in buybacks and 23,640 new tokens daily, as DeFi security incidents surged 15% with $163M stolen across 16 attacks, highlighting growing systemic risks in an increasingly complex crypto landscape. For the w

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