ARB and ZEC defy market pressure ahead of FOMC
Arbitrum (ARB)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that the crypto market faces renewed pressure ahead of the FED’s FOMC decision following the US Senate's failure to advance the CLARITY Act in a 49-50 procedural vote. Bitcoin briefly dropped below $75,000 while Ethereum fell toward $2,358 amid this regulatory setback. Despite this, Arbitrum (ARB) and Zcash (ZEC) prices show notable resilience.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ARB, measured when this story was written up on 16 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio's Binance spot data for Arbitrum shows a price of $0.1518 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 52.9% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 51.5%. These short-term figures are slightly higher than the 24-hour buy ratio of 51.6%, indicating that buying pressure is building rather than fading. The volume delta reflects this activity, with positive inflows of +$171,091 in the last hour and +$590,268 over four hours. This means buyers are actively absorbing sell orders, resulting in a net positive volume delta of +$1,428,255 over the past day.
The latest daily buy ratio of 46.4% sits at the 8th percentile of the last 324 days, against a median of 49.6% - among the weakest buying days it has had.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for ARB, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Comparing today's activity to the preceding week reveals a shift in momentum, as the 7-day average buy ratio was 48.9% compared to today's higher levels. Trading volume is currently 1.80x the weekly average, signaling an unusual level of activity for the coin. However, the 8-day price change remains negative at -8.0%, with a total volume delta of -$4,174,907 over that period. While today shows stronger buying ratios than the weekly norm, the broader weekly trend still reflects net outflows.