According to @CoinMarketCap, Clear Street’s Owen Lau told CNBC that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions will be a key catalyst for the crypto market in 2026, source: CNBC via @CoinMarketCap tweet dated January 1, 2026. He added that both retail and institutional investors show greater excitement toward digital assets following rate cuts, indicating heightened sensitivity of crypto prices to monetary policy shifts, source: CNBC via @CoinMarketCap tweet dated January 1, 2026.