Crypto Clarity Act draft bars officials from crypto
A Senate draft of the Crypto Clarity Act would bar presidents and federal officials from issuing or sponsoring crypto assets, adding an ethics guardrail to a broader market-structure bill tha
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CryptoQuant warns Bitcoin’s $66,000 rally fueled by leverage, not spot demand
Bitcoin’s price surged from $64,000 to $66,000 over two days, propelled by a spike in leveraged trading rather than a renewed wave of spot buying, according to on-chain data platform CryptoQu
Anthropic joins UK FCA’s AI regulatory sandbox as second cohort launches
Anthropic will provide its Claude AI models to firms participating in the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) second Supercharged Sandbox cohort, expanding the regulator’s effort to help f
Augustus raises $180M to build stablecoin-era clearing bank
Financial infrastructure startup Augustus has raised $180 million in a Series B funding round that values the company at $1 billion. Summary Augustus raised $180 million at a $1 billion valua
Crypto lobby sues Illinois, says blockchain tax violates Constitution
The Digital Chamber has challenged Illinois’ new 0.2% digital asset transaction tax in court, arguing that the law unfairly targets blockchain-based commerce and violates constitutional prote
Galaxy Digital opens $5M fund for Bitcoin quantum security research
Galaxy Digital has established a $5 million initiative to fund Bitcoin developers working on technologies designed to prepare the network for future quantum computing risks. Summary Galaxy Di
Satsuma shareholders approve Bitcoin sale and London delisting
Satsuma Technology shareholders have approved plans to sell the company’s Bitcoin holdings, return most of its capital to investors and cancel its London listing. Summary Satsuma shareholders
What is self-certification? Crypto’s permission slip, reversed
For a decade, a token’s legal status was whatever the SEC eventually sued it into. The CLARITY framework flips the default: projects certify their own maturity, and the government gets 60 day
Coinbase stock sinks 4% as CLARITY Act odds collapse to 37%
Coinbase shares have fallen 4% to about $169 on July 22 as the CLARITY Act’s 2026 passage odds dropped 15 percentage points from the previous day’s peak. Summary Coinbase stock fell 4% as the
Congressman raises alarm over Wall Street's early access to Trump's posts
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (Nasdaq: DJT), the media company behind President Donald Trump's social media app Truth Social, is a major holder of Bitcoin (BTC). The company holds 9,54
Ethereum just closed three consecutive red quarters for the first time, what happens next
Ethereum has done something in the past nine months it has never done in its entire trading history dating back to 2016. It closed Q4 2025 down 28.28%, Q1 2026 down 29.26%, and Q2 2026 down 2
Senate Crypto Clarity Act Draft Bars Presidents, Officials From Sponsoring Crypto Assets
The updated Senate Crypto Clarity Act draft bill would bar presidents and other federal officials from issuing or sponsoring crypto assets, adding a public-integrity provision to the market-s