Instabilities related to sequence-couplings of current controlled inverters (CCIs) have been recognized recently, but limited to accurate stability analysis of CCIs synchronized to the grid by the phaselocked loop (PLL). As for CCIs, another feasible grid-synchronization method is based on the instantaneous power (IP) theory, while instability recognitions of the IP-based CCI (IP-CCI) are lacking. Therefore, this paper reveals the instability mechanism and mitigation of the IP-CCI by comparison with the PLL-based CCI (PLL-CCI). Specifically, sequence-admittances of the IP-CCI are modeled, and interactions between sequence-couplings and circuit-coupling of the CCI-grid system are analyzed further. Simultaneously, influences of different system parameters on instabilities of the IP-CCI are thoroughly studied. Studies indicate that sequence-admittances of the IP-CCI exhibit closer sequence-couplings in comparison to that of the PLL-CCI, and negative damping of the IP-CCI is resulted from sequence-couplings, which clarifies interactive instabilities of the grid-connected IP-CCI are coupling-related. Therefore, corresponding instability mitigation can be achieved via sequence-decoupling methods, like the studied controller parameters regulation methods and the filter-based methods. Whereas, the stability deterioration level of sequence-couplings is grid-impedance-dependent, which means the weak grid would limit the decoupling performance. Nyquist plots, simulations and experiments are carried out to verify the studied couplingrelated instability of the IP-CCI. INDEX TERMS Current controlled inverter, instantaneous power, sequence-admittance, coupling-related instability.