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Republicans continue to criticize Democrats for dragging their feet when it comes to the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act. Speaking to Fox News on Tuesday, Senator Bill Hagerty said that the U.S. could not afford to fall behind the rest of the world with digital asset regulation. Lawmakers have just the next two days to vote on the Clarity Act before the Senate goes to recess. A bipartisan draft of the bill has been circulating among lawmakers but a number of Democrats are being pernickety over wording in the bill, say some Republicans. JUST IN: Senator Bill Hagerty tells Fox Business…

Recent earnings calls from Open USD’s highest-profile backers, however, paint a more nuanced picture. Executives at Coinbase, Visa and Mastercard all said they intend to support multiple stablecoins instead of betting on a single winner, describing Open USD as another network to connect to rather than a replacement for $USDC. Multi-coin strategy During its second-quarter earnings call last week, Coinbase reassured investors about its close relationship with Circle. Chief Financial Officer Alesia Haas said the exchange has already met the conditions to renew its commercial agreement with Circle and will continue growing the $USDC ecosystem. CEO Brian Armstrong also said…

The United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for July is set to be released on Wednesday, August 12. Economists expect the yearly inflation figure to ease slightly to 3.4%, down from the 3.5% recorded in June. Following a weak July jobs report, markets have dialed down expectations for another Fed rate hike, giving risk assets and Bitcoin a boost. However, this Wednesday’s CPI report could lock in that dovish view, or reverse it in a flash. Soft CPI – Potential Bullish Bitcoin Setup If the CPI report turns out noticeably lower than expected, that would likely be the most…

Ethereum is currently trading around the $1.8K mark. $ETH’s longer-term momentum is controlled by sellers. The short entry of the largest altcoin, Ethereum ($ETH), is at $1,900.12, closed at $1,871.93, banking +1,465.72 USDT. Analysing the setup, once the asset lost structure, the sellers would step in, and the price is flushed directly into the support zone. Entry, target, and invalidation were all mapped before the move began. On the other hand, $ETH hit an all-time high of $4,953.73 in August 2025, one year ago. At $1.8K today, it is sitting 61.93% below that peak. That gap between where it was…

Crypto is in a tough spot right now, and the effects of a down market are being felt across the industry. In February of this year, Nomura tightened risk limits at Laser Digital after crypto losses dragged down quarterly profit. This was read by the market as a retreat, but Nomura indicated it would be staying in crypto, just with a more conservative approach. To this end, Laser Digital’s investment and partnership with ZigChain delivers a comprehensive risk framework and governance across a pipeline of institutional onchain vault products, according to a statement. Rafay Gadit said the private credit market…

Ansem, the well-known meme-coin trader whose online presence inspired the Solana-based token $ANSEM, said on X that the cryptocurrency market now has the infrastructure and sentiment necessary to attract retail investors back into the current cycle. Infrastructure improvements since the last cycle In a post published on Tuesday, Ansem noted that while Bitcoin is roughly 50% below its all-time high, the underlying infrastructure and user experience have advanced significantly since the previous market cycle. Key improvements include a more mature mobile trading environment, smoother cross-chain functionality, and lower barriers to entry for new users. These changes, he argued, address many…

The Security and Exchange Commission’s outgoing commissioner, Hester Peirce, has expressed optimism that the long-awaited Clarity Act will pass. Speaking on CoinDesk’s The Policy Protocol show, the regulator said that passing the law would help the SEC in drafting regulation. Lawmakers are pushing to get a vote on the crypto market structure bill — or Clarity Act — before the Senate goes to recess. Some Republicans have bemoaned that Democratic members of the senate are deliberately dragging their feet with the bill. The Senate has 4 days to pass the CLARITY Act before recess. Contact your Senator and tell them…

Robinhood Markets demonstrated resilience in the second quarter of 2025, posting record transaction-based revenue despite a sharp decline in cryptocurrency trading. Meanwhile, Coinbase reported its weakest quarterly revenue in nearly a year, underscoring a widening gap between the two platforms’ strategies. Robinhood’s Diversification Pays Off Robinhood’s crypto trading revenue fell 37.5% year-over-year to $100 million, reflecting reduced retail interest in digital assets. However, the brokerage offset this slump with strong performance in options, equities, and prediction markets. Total transaction-based revenue reached an all-time high of $776 million, driven largely by prediction markets, which generated $156 million in revenue from 13.6…

Bitcoin [BTC] miner equities have staged a broad recovery in 2026, although the strongest gains are not coming from mining economics alone. Instead, revenue was generated primarily from AI and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure. As a result of this income, RIOT gained 83%, followed by HUT at 72%, BITF at 50%, and CORZ at 31%. The rally strengthened from April into June, even as revenue from actual mining activities continued declining. This divergence suggests investors are increasingly valuing miners for their power capacity, grid connections, and> Source: CryptoQuant However, these potential opportunities for revenue growth are not yet equally distributed…

Much like dormant bitcoin whales suddenly rising from decades of slumber, vintage ethereum has been escaping deep storage, with Genesis-era coins haunting these awakenings. “Genesis $ETH” generally refers to ether ($ETH), tracing back to Ethereum’s earliest days, particularly coins allocated when the Ethereum network launched its crowdsale on July 22, 2014. August Sees 2 Genesis $ETH Wallets So Far During Ethereum’s initial coin offering (ICO) in the summer of 2014, early buyers grabbed $ETH for a dirt-cheap $0.31 per coin. When this $ETH whale, spotted by Whale Alert on Tuesday, finally moved 2,680 coins, ether traded at $1,883.66 per unit,…