Uptober Bull Run Starts Early as AI Cryptos, Meme Coins, and SOL and ETH Surge After Fed Rate Cut

An Uptober bull run seems to have started early, driven by a surge across AI cryptos, meme coins, and major tokens like Solana (SOL) and Ethereum (ETH) after the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by 50 basis points on Sept. 18.

A Surging crypto market and a round of easing monetary policy may have sparked an early uptober bull run.

Major tokens like Solana (SOL) and Ethereum (ETH) continued their rally on Thursday morning as a result of a 50-basis-point interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve on Sept. 18. Meanwhile, AI cryptos and meme coins also posted strong gains.

AI cryptos surged over 8% in the last 24 hours, and the meme coin sector rallied by 7%, data from CoinGecko showed. At the same time, layer-1 tokens SOL and ETH climbed 8% and 5%, respectively.

Overall, the crypto market cap increased by 2.7% to $2.21 trillion, according to CoinMarketCap.

Monetary easing may have contributed to an early uptober bull run

The surge in prices across the crypto market follows the first interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve Bank in more than four years on Wednesday. Throughout 2022, interest rates were hiked to a 23-year high in response to rising inflation caused by supply chain disruptions triggered by the Covid pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Investors in turn reduced their exposure to risky assets like cryptos.

However, the recent cut in interest rates made it cheaper for investors to borrow money, helping to boost market sentiment as confidence grows in the Fed's ability to steer the US economy in for a soft landing.

Meme coin market led by HEHE, PUPS and DEGEN

Hehe (HEHE), PUPS•WORLD•PEACE (PUPS) and Degen (DEGEN) led meme coin gainers. HEHE pumped over 76% in the last 24 hours, while PUPS and DEGEN surged more than 43% and 38%, respectively.

Both HEHE and DEGEN added to their weekly performances, while PUPS was able to push its performance over the last 7 days back into the green. HEHE posted the third biggest gain during this period, and is up more than 248%.

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Meme coins trading on the open market weren't the only tokens to get a boost. The layer-2 PEPE derivative Pepe Unchained (PEPU) just blasted past $14 million raised in its presale after adding another $1.4 million in just two days.

The token, which aims to challenge the OG meme coin PEPE, got a boost on Wednesday when it announced that it will open grant applications in the next quarter for developers that want to build on its proprietary Layer 2 blockchain.