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100+ amendments await Thursday's markup, targeting stablecoins, developer liability, sanctions. The flood could fracture the bill and reshape crypto rules.
Senator Warren's 40+ amendments include blocking Fed master accounts for crypto firms, as the ABA sends 8,000 letters ahead of Thursday's markup.
Backers include Circle, Digital Asset, and Tempo raising over $1B, with Arc at $3B valuation and Tempo at $5B. The Genius Act is reshaping institutional flows.
Iranian digital asset activities linked to government and IRGC entities could be worth billions annually, FinCEN says. The alert puts exchanges on notice for compliance.
Bhutan's Gelephu Mindfulness City launched a fast-track licensing path for crypto firms as sovereign wallets moved over $230M in Bitcoin this year. The next transfer could signal a sell-off.
The TrustedVolumes exploiter moved 110 ETH via THORChain to BTC and 10.2 ETH to TornadoCash, laundering $278K of the $6.7M theft. The platform is open to negotiation.
Labor unions are demanding changes to the CLARITY Act just days before the Senate Banking Committee markup, threatening to delay or alter the crypto regulation bill.
The non-custodial superapp backed by a16z and Coinbase Ventures goes offline July 12, adding to 2025's DeFi closures. Users must migrate positions.
The fund, JLTXX, targets stablecoin issuers needing GENIUS Act-compliant reserves. Tokenized Treasury market hits $15.9B. Adoption hinges on whether issuers migrate reserves onto a permissioned blockchain.
A yen stablecoin for B2B settlements will launch on Ethereum and Japan Open Chain, targeting enterprise payments with a dual-chain compliance structure.
Senator Warren's rejection of the CLARITY Act masks a more consequential fight: a Reed-Smith amendment that forces senators to choose between crypto and traditional banks. The bill's markup is the next catalyst.
The consumer DeFi app will cease operations after a funding round collapsed, forcing users to withdraw assets and exposing the sector's unit economics problem.
Senate confirms Kevin Warsh as Fed governor 51-45; chair vote Wednesday. His crypto holdings span DeFi, prediction markets, and Bitcoin infrastructure. CLARITY Act markup Thursday.
Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath's gold-backed stablecoin proposal aims to monetize India's private gold holdings, potentially reshaping crypto regulation and gold markets.
The $220 million inflow extended a multi-day streak, signaling institutional demand that is absorbing sell-side pressure and compressing downside volatility.
BlackRock's Form 485APOS filing for a tokenized fund is a regulatory application, not a product. The SEC review could delay or deny, cooling institutional tokenization. Watch for comment letters.
MoonPay bought Dawn Labs and launched Dawn CLI, turning plain-English instructions into live Polymarket trades. No human reviews the generated strategy code before execution.
McKinsey sees data center demand hitting 220 GW by 2030, a 22% CAGR. For Soluna, turning a 4.3 GW pipeline into revenue requires binding offtake agreements it has not yet disclosed.
Strategy's Q1 loss of $38.25 per share and a dividend-driven BTC sale comment put Saylor's 'digital property' thesis under pressure. Peter Schiff argues Bitcoin lacks rental income.
Anthropic's new guidelines void unauthorized stock sales and call tokenized pre-IPO offerings fraud. Insiders warn of an FTX-style bloodbath.
LMAX Kiosk lets institutions use crypto as collateral for FX, metals, and perpetual futures. Haircuts, eligibility, and stress margin rules remain undisclosed.
Copper futures surged 16.98% in 2026, outpacing gold. Analysts see a 6-month lag before altcoin markets follow, echoing 2017 and 2021 patterns. The question is how long the delay lasts this time.
Microsoft identified a Trojan inside the Mistral AI framework, warning crypto projects to audit systems immediately. No technical details yet, leaving teams to assume worst-case exposure until further advisories arrive.
A leaked list reveals the scope of debate as the Senate Banking Committee prepares to mark up a major crypto bill. Over 100 amendments signal a contested floor fight ahead.
Over 100 amendments filed ahead of Thursday's Senate markup of the CLARITY Act threaten to delay and reshape crypto regulation.
Resolv's compromised off-chain infrastructure minted 80M unbacked USR, collapsing the token to $0.0025 and leaving Fluid with $19.3M-$21M in bad debt. Settlement execution is set for May 11.
The Senate Banking Committee released a revised CLARITY Act on May 12, scheduling a committee vote for May 14. The bill aims to clarify crypto regulation, with a bipartisan path now in play.
JPMorgan's filing signals that major banks now view on-chain yield products as a competitive necessity for capturing stablecoin reserve balances.
The Senate Banking Committee added the Build Now Act, co-sponsored by Kennedy and Warren, to the crypto bill ahead of the May 14 markup, altering the vote-counting calculus. The markup will test whether the bipartisan gambit delivers the votes.
Always-on markets and constant alerts pressure traders into impulsive entries. The discipline of doing nothing is resurfacing as a capital-preservation tool.