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The Senate CLARITY Act draft runs 616 pages with a DOJ-enforced ethics division that sunsets in 2029. Thune said the bill likely will not clear before the August recess. Trump's $1.4B crypto income drove the ethics push.
Uphold cut 17% of staff as it pivots from retail exchange to institutional crypto infrastructure. CEO McLoughlin says the company signed 10 partnerships and added 3 million accounts this year.
CZ backs ASEAN crypto passporting to let firms licensed in one market enter others via fast-track, citing EU's MiCA model and existing regional fund frameworks.
A $35M bridge exploit cluster in July 2026 tested wrapped asset pegs. How redemption paths, liquidity, and verification models determine whether your position survives the pause.
BIND Group and Petersen Group develop peso stablecoins through separate licensed entities. Institutional use cases include treasury management and onchain payments. Regulatory risk persists after the argt ruling.
Senate postpones the Clarity Act vote to prioritize Russia sanctions. The bill's 2026 passage probability is under 38%, with disputes over stablecoin interest and ethics rules.
Uphold cut 17% of its workforce as retail crypto trading weakens. The platform now shifts resources to enterprise services, with new products planned for later in 2026.
Senate delays Clarity Act vote to focus on Trump nominees and Russia sanctions, leaving crypto bill with few legislative days before August recess.
Violent crypto kidnappings surged to 52 incidents in the first half of 2026, with France accounting for 33. Financial losses hit $124M, up from $10.5M a year earlier, CertiK data show.
HSBC surveyed 9,993 affluent investors across 10 markets. Average crypto allocation fell to 6% from 7% a year earlier. 45% plan to add exposure over the next 12 months.
Brazil's cross-border stablecoin flows now exceed traditional capital movements, the IMF said, warning that weak custody rules and missing travel-rule enforcement create financial stability risks as Congress weighs new legislation.
Stablecoin supply fell $7.7B in June, yet onchain transaction volume hit a record $1.79T. Velocity is up sharply. A portion of capital moved to tokenized Treasuries.
Nearly $605M in crypto liquidations hit as Bitcoin tests $63K support and Ethereum slips below $1,900 ahead of the Fed's July 29 rate decision.
India's crypto exchanges welcome new 2026 tax reporting rules. CBDT framework mandates provider due diligence, targets cross-border transparency.
Kraken parent Payward buys Magic Labs wallet business, adding 60M users. Magic Labs rebrands to Newton Labs, focusing on policy validation. The deal closes in weeks.
Binance will launch the U/USD spot trading pair on July 30, 2026. The listing adds a direct dollar market for the asset. Traders should confirm the listing time and watch early liquidity and spreads.
Psalion launched a $50M Singapore VCC fund targeting pre-seed blockchain firms. The first disclosed deal: a $4M round for Beezie, a physical-to-digital collectibles platform.
NY AG Letitia James told a Senate panel that crypto scam losses hit nearly $500M in her state over five years. She warned the CLARITY Act would strip state enforcement tools and proposed new rules including a ban on mixer-linked crypto conversions.
Binance's Android app vanished from Google Play in several EU countries after the MiCA transition period ended. The removal is targeted, not uniform, and follows the platform's withdrawal of its MiCA license application in Greece.
Zhao backed license portability at the ASEAN Tech Summit, calling cross-border coordination a political rather than technical hurdle for the bloc's crypto firms.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed cloture on 74 Trump nominations, delaying the Clarity Act. Odds of passage in 2026 have dropped below 38% as opposition mounts from Democrats and state attorneys general.
Binance Wallet listed a CXMT perpetual contract for Changxin Technology with up to 20x leverage. The contract's liquidity depth and trading history remain unconfirmed.
John Cho of Ratio says multi-currency stablecoins can eliminate costly FX conversions in Asian trade, as regulatory clarity approaches in the region.
Uphold cut 85 jobs, or 17% of staff, as it pivots from retail multi-asset platform to selling crypto API infrastructure to banks. CEO Simon McLoughlin says institutional demand is rising, but no client names or revenue numbers were disclosed.
Payward acquires Magic Labs' wallet-as-a-service, adding non-custodial wallet tech to its institutional platform. The deal covers 60 million wallets and $10 billion in stablecoin volume.
The Senate pushed the Clarity Act to September, leaving unresolved whether stablecoin issuers can offer yield-like returns. Galaxy Research puts passage odds at 30%.
Senate postpones CLARITY Act vote, prioritizing Russia sanctions. SEC Chair Atkins remains optimistic; bill faces additional hurdles before August recess.
Stablecoin market cap fell 2.39% in June, the first monthly decline in five months, while Visa-adjusted transaction volume surged 63% to $1.79 trillion.
SkyBridge's Scaramucci sees 40% odds for the Clarity Act, saying Democrats block it out of 'dislike' for Trump. Novogratz disagrees, calling it an ethics negotiation with room for compromise.
Sen. Gallego and Sen. Tillis are drafting an alternative that would give state attorneys general enforcement roles, a change the White House-backed version excluded. The CLARITY Act's path to 60 votes hangs on the outcome.