Crypto markets broadly advanced on Sept. 18 after the U.S. interest-rate decision was finalized, oil prices retreated and the SEC released an "innovation exemption" supporting on-chain trading of tokenized NMS stocks. Panic sentiment quickly eased, with most sectors gaining about 2% to 7% over 24 hours. DeFi led with a 6.80% increase; GENIUS gained 20.66%, Uniswap rose 14.81% and Hyperliquid advanced 10.01%. DePIN climbed 5.55%, led by Geodnet's 44.90% gain, while RWA rose 4.95%, with Ondo Finance up 9.53%. Layer2 increased 4.46%, Layer1 rose 3.67% and NEAR Protocol gained 22.91%. Historical-performance indexes ssiDeFi, ssiRWA and ssiLayer2 advanced 7.70%, 6.00% and 5.82%, respectively. An earlier Sept. 18 PANews report described UNI as up more than 15% at $7.8 and NEAR as up more than 20% at $3.2, reflecting separate reporting and data timing.