Bitcoin Falls After Powell's Final FOMC, No Rate Cuts Expected Soon, MEGA Token’s 2B+ FDV Launch

Crypto majors fell after FOMC and odds of a rate cut in 2026 went to 0; BTC -2% at $76k; ETH -3% at $2,260; SOL -2% at $83; HYPE -4% at $39. LUNC (+3%), POL (+2%), and TRON (+1%) led top movers. Oil +2% at $105; Gold +2% at $4,640. Stock futures are green after earnings beats from Big Tech and Eli Lilly. Jack Maller’s Twenty One Capital surged on Wednesday after majority owner Tether proposed merging XXI with Strike and Bitcoin miner Elektron Energy, uniting treasury, mining, payments, and capital markets under one public company; XXI holds 43,514 BTC (~$3.3B), third among public companies. Visa expanded to nine blockchains on Wednesday, adding Base, Polygon, Canton, Circle’s Arc, and Stripe’s Tempo to its stablecoin settlement pilot; the program has hit a $7 billion annualized run rate, up 50% from last quarter. MoonPay acquired Israeli firm Sodot for $100 million in stock and used the deal to launch MoonPay Institutional, a new division for banks and asset managers led by former CFTC Acting Chair Caroline Pham. Alex Mashinsky was permanently banned from crypto under a $10 million FTC settlement on Wednesday; a $4.72 billion judgment was entered but largely suspended.