New CLARITY Act Bill Emerges Ahead of Senate Vote
Key Takeaways CFTC gains an explicit DeFi control test. Registration depends on activities performed. DeFi protection covers only spot markets. Emergency councils receive a narrow exception.
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Liquid Network resumes blocks after $320M Bitcoin withdrawal
Liquid Network has resumed block production without processing transactions after a $320 million Bitcoin withdrawal forced the sidechain to halt operations. Summary Functionary nodes have res
XRPPower has launched a short-term program allowing XRP holders to use automated trading features for free, with a daily trading limit of up...
As artificial intelligence and digital asset technologies continue to converge, automated systems are emerging as a key focus in the digital asset services sector. XRPPower has recently launc
Binance Coin Price Today: 3 Levels to Watch Before BNB Retests $770 as Pepeto Swap Charges $0
You open the Binance Coin price today, see a red candle, and wonder if the run just ended. It did not. BNB only slid to $722.83 in a day, APA reported, five days after it touched $780.49, per
Gold Price Today: China’s Central Bank Buys 20 Tonnes of Gold Again
The gold price came under pressure after U.S. inflation data came in hotter than traders had expected. That raised fresh questions about how long interest rates could remain high, and gold fe
Bitwise CIO says Bitcoin, Solana, Hyperliquid, and Uniswap are benefiting from the $600 trillion tokenization boom; here’s why
Matt Hougan, chief investment officer (CIO) at Bitwise, today shared a bold prediction: Bitcoin, Solana, Hyperliquid, and Uniswap have a massive opportunity to benefit from the advancing toke
Treasury Secretary Urges Senators to Pass the CLARITY Act, Warning the US Risks Falling Behind in Crypto
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has urged the US Senate to fast-track the passage of the CLARITY Act this time round to give crypto institutions, issuers, builders, and investors the much-ne
ESMA Flags Rising Crypto Links as a Potential Risk to TradFi
Europe’s top securities regulator is urging closer surveillance of how crypto markets are increasingly intertwined with traditional finance, warning that vulnerabilities in digital-asset ecos
Solana Widens Memecoin Volume Lead Over Robinhood
Solana captured 67% of all memecoin trading volume across spot decentralized exchanges on September 7th, nearly three times Robinhood Crypto’s 23% share, according to data from Blockworks. Th
Charles Hoskinson Says Cardano Team Is Moving Faster Than Ever Amid AI Push
Cardano (ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson says the project’s development pace has accelerated sharply as the blockchain ecosystem increasingly embraces artificial intelligence, privacy, and age
Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse Sees XRP Hitting $10 Trillion Market Cap, Names the Drivers Behind the Rally
Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple Labs, believes that XRP is on track to reach a $10 trillion market capitalization. In a podcast shared today on X, the American executive says this is pos
ESMA Warns Polymarket, Kalshi May Lack EU Licenses
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has warned that prediction-market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi may lack the licenses required to serve users in the European Union, a c