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Trump gathered Coinbase, Gemini, Ripple CEOs at the White House to push the Digital Asset Clarity Act. The bill faces opposition over ethics and a tight Senate calendar.
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes exits retirement to lead Flop Labs, an AI blockchain. He personally funded development, no presale. FLOP airdrop Q4 2026, mainnet Q1 2027.
German crypto exchanges must collect tax self-certifications by Jan 1, 2027. Miss the deadline and trading stops—but withdrawals stay open. Here is the timeline and what to watch for.
Visa-Artemis data shows 109.6M adjusted agent transactions settling $15M. Roughly 89% of raw dollar volume was stripped as non-organic. The average payment: $0.14.
The OCC targets November to finalize stablecoin rules under the GENIUS Act, after missing the July statutory deadline. Comptroller Gould says 40 charter applications processed.
Sen. Gallego warned at Wyoming's SALT Blockchain Symposium that pressing for a quick Senate vote on the CLARITY Act could backfire, urging negotiation over speed.
Swift, HSBC and Standard Chartered completed the first live interbank transaction on Swift's blockchain ledger. The transfer connected separate tokenized deposit systems without creating a shared platform.
Sen. Ruben Gallego urged the crypto industry to slow down on the CLARITY Act, warning a rushed September vote could backfire. Ethics and stablecoin disputes remain unresolved.
Prosecutors say Zimbardi ran a fake crypto investment scheme promising 25% monthly returns, lost $34M on forex, and fled to Fiji. He now faces trial in Georgia.
Sen. Gallego warned that rushing the CLARITY Act to a Senate vote before resolving ethics and yield disputes could set market structure legislation back. He urged further negotiation.
Binance found a malicious DAO proposal targeting $1.2 million in treasury tokens and coordinated exchange deposit closures before a vote blocked the transfer.
Only 8.5% of Coinbase assets have a euro pair; the detour through USDT creates taxable events and FX risk. Bitvavo offers 100% coverage.
Swapiz lets Telegram users swap 50+ cryptocurrencies without KYC or an account. Non-custodial, in-chat flow targets the app's 1 billion users. Swap times target under 2 minutes.
Two OKX delisting deadlines approach in August and November 2026. How the four-phase process works, which dates matter, and what happens to tokens left behind.
The approval, accepted Aug. 18, lets BitGo offer custody and transfer services to institutions in South Korea, backed by Hana Financial and SK Telecom.
The PBOC approved eight more banks as digital yuan operators, bringing the total to 30. The expansion targets broader geographic coverage and deeper local market penetration for China's CBDC.
OFAC and FinCEN proposed rules under the GENIUS Act push stablecoin issuers to block non-permissible transactions. Notabene's network already processes $1T+ annually.
BitGo Korea secures VASP registration from South Korea's KoFIU, backed by Hana Financial Group and SK Telecom. The license opens institutional crypto custody in a market where compliant options have been scarce.
Short sellers lost $2.74B, 92% of all liquidations. A $48.8M BTC-USD trade on Hyperliquid was the largest single position. All-time record remains $19.16B.
President Trump urged Congress to pass the CLARITY Act alongside crypto executives. Senator Gallego criticized the administration's role. The Senate vote on September 15 will determine the bill's fate.
A $2.98 billion liquidation cascade hit crypto derivatives markets, forcing closure of 174,350 leveraged positions and marking the eighth-largest event on record.
Vanar's token swap to Base closes September 10, 2026, five weeks before Binance ends VANRY withdrawals on October 17. Staked holders face a 21-day cooldown.
Stablecoin reserves on exchanges fell from $80B to $64B. Binance share rose to 68.5% as rivals shed liquidity faster. Nine-month outflow streak is longest since 2022.
The most urgent airdrop deadline this week: GRVT's first tranche expires at the end of August. Propr launches August 24. Plume and dappOS lack published deadlines. Grass has until January 2027.
Bitvavo's Bitcoin withdrawal fee ran 8-16 times the network cost on Aug 17, 2026. Median fee across 429 assets: €0.84. Withdrawal status can change without notice; check before moving funds.
President Trump told Congress to move quickly on the Clarity Act at a White House crypto event. The bill aims to set clear federal rules for digital assets. Its path through Congress remains uncertain.
Oliver Gilbert won Florida's 24th district primary after Protect Progress spent over $2 million on attack ads using fake Miami Herald headlines. Fairshake won four of five races.
MiCA's compliance costs and stablecoin rules are pushing out smaller crypto firms and native startups, shifting market advantage to traditional banks. Evidence shows euro stablecoins, while safer, account for just 0.22% of the global market.
Securitize's AUM hit a record $4.3 billion and transaction volume surged 147%, but total revenue fell 5% as CFO Flores said most activity isn't monetized.
Bitwise Asset Management's crypto ETFs notched a $300M+ trading session, led by its Bitcoin fund BITB and the Solana staking fund BSOL, which pulled in $267M in H1 inflows.