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Esper Warns Senate to Pass CLARITY Act for National Security

Mark Esper, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, stresses the CLARITY Act would extend Patriot Act provisions to digital assets, modernizing the identification and special measures apparatus against foreign institutions to target threat actors such as N...

Germany Mulls Bitcoin Critic Nagel’s Bid for ECB Presidency

Conversations in Berlin are taking place to decide whether Germany will support Joachim Nagel, the current president of the Bundesbank, in a potential bid for the Presidency of the ECB. Nagel, who would emerge as a dark horse, has a negative stance o...

CLARITY Act Leaves 5 Loopholes, From Pensions to Trump’s $1.4B Crypto

Senate Banking Committee minority staff say the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act fails five minimum standards, potentially leaving pensions exposed and failing to stop President Trump’s next $1.4 billion in crypto profits. A procedural Senate v...

CLARITY Act Enters ‘Walking Dead’ State as SEC Prepares Crypto Rules

The Senate will hold a procedural vote on the CLARITY Act Sept. 15 after missing its August window, while the SEC advances a parallel crypto rulemaking agenda. Bitwise says the delay puts the bill in a “walking dead” state. What Happens W...

Arthur Hayes Warns Bitcoin May Fall to $50,000 Before $1 Million

Arthur Hayes argues the artificial intelligence buildout is a leveraged real estate bubble that he says will end in a government bailout larger than 2008. He expects the resulting liquidity creation to carry bitcoin past $1 million. What Hayes Thinks...

CLARITY Act Odds Sink as Senate Delay Threatens 2026 Crypto Vote

Polymarket traders now price the CLARITY Act at a 21% chance of becoming law this year. The Senate filed a cloture motion on Aug. 8 after missing its pre-recess vote, pushing the fight into September. Why Is the CLARITY Act Priced at 21%? Polymarket...

Tokenized RWA Sector Hits $38B as Treasury Debt Dominates Market

This week’s metrics show tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) have cracked another ceiling, with total value locked (TVL) blowing past $38 billion and hitting $38.17 billion on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026. The RWA sector is now just $1.83 billion shy of punch...

BIP-110 Backers Plot Minority Chain’s PoW Reset to ‘Fire’ Bitcoin Miners

BIP-110 proponents are debating whether to change the proof-of-work algorithm on their stalled minority chain after it managed to mine only two blocks before Bitcoin’s enormous difficulty effectively brought activity to a signficant crawl. The BIP-11...

Prediction Markets Explode, Circle Has Hot Q2, and More – Weekly Recap

This week’s stories highlighted regulatory delays, security concerns, institutional growth, and market experimentation. The Senate pushed the CLARITY Act vote to September, while a Bitcoin security team uncovered thousands of potential flaws across o...

Grayscale Warns US Risks Crypto Exodus if CLARITY Act Fails

Zach Pandl, Head of Research at Grayscale, believes that while the crypto ecosystem will not be immediately impacted if the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act does not pass, it could affect new investment activity in the U.S. as industry actors shift t...

Fed Hike Bets Crack as September Hold Odds Storm Into Lead

Prediction markets and the CME Fedwatch tool are lining up behind the U.S. Federal Reserve holding rates steady in September, but anyone watching the board knows this is hardly a done deal. Traders have moved toward a pause, yet the pricing still lea...

Roughnecks Quits BIP-110 Mining as Ocean Hashrate Collapses

Roughnecks, the mining group responsible for the only two blocks on Bitcoin’s new BIP-110 minority chain, has stopped mining under its name and urged others to stand down as the breakaway network remains stuck just two blocks beyond its split from Bi...

Saylor Drops ‘Doing Business’ Message, Sparks Strategy Bitcoin Mystery

Michael Saylor posted Strategy’s bitcoin chart on Aug. 9 with a two-word caption. Days earlier, the company disclosed another bitcoin sale, leaving 842,138 BTC on the books and raising fresh questions about its next move. Two Words, No Answer M...

Bitcoin’s Price Barely Blinks Amid Coldcard Sweeps and BIP-110’s Collapse

Bitcoin barely flinched through two potentially disruptive events, holding near $65,000 as losses tied to the Coldcard hardware wallet exploit mounted and the BIP-110 minority chain stalled almost immediately after splitting from the main network. Ov...

CLARITY Stalls, Coldcard Fallout Continues, Bitcoin Barely Budges

This editorial is from this week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the wee...

Where Stolen Crypto Really Goes: Inside the 45-Day Laundering Machine

Hackers stole $3.4 billion in crypto in 2025 and topped $1 billion again in the first half of 2026. Once the coins start moving, investigators have roughly 45 days before the trail goes cold. Six Years, More Than $16 Billion Gone Crypto theft is no l...

VALR’s Ehsani Warns Crypto Curbs Could Reduce Regulatory Oversight

VALR co-founder and CEO Farzam Ehsani warned that South Africa’s proposed cross-border crypto regulations could severely harm the local digital asset sector, stifle innovation, and drive capital offshore. Corporate Limits and Illicit Flow Risks South...

Cyprus Targets On-Site Audits for Crypto Custodians

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission will launch on-site inspections and desk-based reviews of authorized crypto asset service providers starting in the second half of 2026 through mid-2027. Targeting Custody and Infrastructure Risks The Cyp...

MARA Pledges 18,750 BTC for $600 Million New Bitcoin-Backed Loans

MARA (NASDAQ: MARA) has secured $600 million of new debt after pledging 18,750 BTC, tapping its bitcoin reserves to help finance an expansion into power generation and AI infrastructure. This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original art...

Stolen Bitcoin at Center of Kidnapping Plot, 3 Face 20 Years

Federal prosecutors charged three St. Louis men over a plan to storm a Connecticut home and force a transfer of bitcoin tied to a theft worth hundreds of millions. Each faces up to 20 years in prison. Grand Jury Returns Second Superseding Indictment...

67 Investors Paid $10M for NFT Tokens That Launched Worthless

Federal prosecutors say Few and Far founder Taj Tarsha raised more than $10 million from 67 investors, then allegedly spent investor money on gambling, crypto, and personal expenses. The NFT project’s FAR token later plunged more than 99%. Founder In...

Ripple Says EU Crypto Expansion Is Ready to Scale After MiCA Win

Ripple says the regulatory groundwork for its European crypto business is now in place, shifting its focus from winning approvals to scaling. The push follows full MiCA authorization as Europe tightens rules for crypto service providers. Ripple Decla...

Bitcoin’s Splintered BIP-110 Fork Falls Behind by 18 Blocks

At 7:56 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Following Bitcoin’s chain split at block height 961632, BIP-110-aligned mining pool Roughnecks managed to squeeze out a second block at height 961633, while the main chain has already left it in the dust at 961651. After...

Michael Saylor Identifies the Next Billion-Dollar Finance Opportunity

Michael Saylor has identified what he believes could become the next billion-dollar opportunity in finance. The Strategy executive chairman advised entrepreneurs and investors to examine an emerging market that could reshape how companies and investo...

CLARITY Act Heads Toward Sept. 15 Senate Vote as Crypto Bill Advances

The U.S. Senate is positioning the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act for a potential Sept. 15 procedural vote, moving the major crypto market structure bill closer to floor consideration. CLARITY Act Faces Sept. 15 Senate Procedural Test Digital asset...

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