Senate Will Vote on CLARITY Act Before August Recess, Lummis Says
Key TakeawaysLummis expects the Senate to vote on the CLARITY Act before the August recess begins.Democrats continue pressing for stronger ethics and enforcement rules.Federal regulators support legislation dividing crypto oversight. Lummis Sees Vote Nearing...
Moca Network CEO Explains Why AI Agents Will Need Provable Identity
Agents Move From Answering to Acting Kenneth Shek is the Project Lead of Moca Network and Director of Projects Management at Animoca Brands. Shek’s argument begins with a simple prediction: Artificial intelligence (AI) agents will stop behaving like passive AI...
Abu Dhabi’s Crypto Blueprint Draws Miners, Funds and Global Giants
Key TakeawaysCitadel Mining holds about 6,996 BTC built through Abu Dhabi mining operations since 2022.Mubadala raised its Blackrock IBIT stake 16% to 14.7 million shares in Q1 2026.The FSRA’s stablecoin framework and farm-mining rules will shape ADGM growth...
Bitcoin Options Flash $80K Max Pain as Wall Street Loads Up
Key TakeawaysBinance led $41B in BTC futures as CME open interest jumped 6.82% on Aug. 5.Newhedge.io showed BTC futures basis rebounded to 4.3%; watch CME expiries next.Deribit and Binance max pain stayed above $69K; Aug. expiries may test bullish bets. Binance...
Circle Posts $701 Million Q2 Revenue as USDC Activity Accelerates
Key TakeawaysCircle posted $48M in Q2 profit as USDC transaction volume jumped 151% to $14.8T.USDC reached $73.3B in circulation, strengthening Circle’s institutional payments reach.Circle will launch Arc on Sept. 16 with Blackrock and BNY among 100+...
Bitcoin Holds $64K as Polymarket Cuts CLARITY Odds to 15%
Key TakeawaysBitcoin anchored above $64,000 on Wednesday, capping a 1.1% gain despite volatile intra-day trading.Coinglass data showed market liquidations reached $216 million, with short bets taking a $148 million hit.Polymarket lowered the CLARITY Act’s 2026...
Bitwise CIO: Crypto Can Survive CLARITY Act Failure, Not the Wait
Key TakeawaysBitwise’s Matt Hougan sees Clarity Act odds near a coin flip.Hougan said SEC Chair Paul Atkins’ July 31 vow to bring finance onchain softens the blow if the bill dies.Bitwise says stablecoins and tokenization have hit “escape velocity,” especially...
Blackrock Pulls $170M Into IBIT as Bitcoin ETFs Add $211M
Key TakeawaysBlackrock led $211.49M into bitcoin ETFs and $53.75M into ether funds on Tuesday.IBIT captured 80%+ of bitcoin inflows, deepening Blackrock’s grip on crypto ETF demand.ETHA’s 1-for-3 split on Oct. 6 could lift shares near $42 and cut trading costs...
World Chain to launch streamed EIP-7928 block access lists
World Chain launches streamed EIP-7928 on mainnet Aug. 17. New feature enables parallel block verification for validators. Upgrade targets higher throughput without more hardware. World Chain said it will become the first production layer-2 blockchain to deploy...
Onchain Data: Coldcard Crisis Doubles Bitcoin’s Hot Supply in Just One Week – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysK33 found 890,000 BTC moved as the Coldcard exploit hit about 7,300 addresses.Newhedge.io recorded a 98% hot-supply jump while bitcoin’s price fell about 0.5%.Timechainindex.com said exchanges gained 22,052 BTC as holders await the next sweep....
Luxembourg Expands FIU Alerts to Crypto Exchanges
Key TakeawaysBill 8722 passed in July after fraudsters stole $70 million from the charity Caritas in 2024.In 2024, Luxembourg police logged 6,382 fraud cases as FIU scam reports surged by 32%.FIU Director Max Braun led training on Aug. 6 prior to the law...
Ethereum price stalls as retail selling offsets whale accumulation
Key takeaways Ethereum traded sideways as mixed on-chain activity reflected uncertainty among investors. Whale wallets holding 10,000–100,000 ETH accumulated a net 130,000 ETH over the past week. Smaller wallet cohorts collectively reduced their holdings by...