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The CLARITY Act has faced a new timing obstacle after House Republican leaders canceled eight voting days and scheduled the chamber to leave Washington on Sept. 17. House calendar leaves little time for the CLARITY Act House Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s office informed Republican members that leadership had removed the weeks of Sept. 21 and Sept. 28 from the voting calendar, cutting eight previously scheduled legislative days. Under the revised schedule, representatives will return after Labor Day for four voting days before leaving Washington on Sept. 17. The chamber is not expected to resume regular legislative work until after the…

Raydium has expanded LaunchLab to support trading between any token pair, with LaunchOnSF’s StonkFun becoming the first integration to use the new system on Solana. According to Raydium’s Sept. 7 announcement on X, LaunchLab can now pair a newly launched token with any quote token supported through Raydium, removing the fixed pairing structure used by many token launch platforms. Raydium said the upgrade brings more flexible token pairing, deeper liquidity and lower fees for memecoin trading. LaunchLab now supports any token pair on Raydium.The upgrade brings flexible pairing directly to Solana, with deeper liquidity, lower fees, and stronger meme-native trading.@LaunchOnSF…

A Bitcoin forum post published on Sept. 7, 2010, has resurfaced 16 years later after an early miner described a projected $5.68 electricity bill for mining a 50 $BTC block as “a net loser.” The calculation was genuine, but it did not mean that spending $5.68 guaranteed the miner a block. The figure represented an expected electricity cost based on the miner’s computing power, Bitcoin’s difficulty and the average time needed to find a valid block. The forum participant, using the name TTBit, measured a computer consuming 140 watts while producing about 2,200 kilohashes per second. A mining calculator estimated…

Japan’s spot Bitcoin ETF market could accumulate $18.4 billion, or around 3 trillion yen, by fiscal 2028. Following recent reports that Japan is preparing to launch its first such funds, fresh analysis by XWIN estimates that this ambitious forecast is not an exaggeration but a sober economic calculation. The projected $18.4 billion only appears enormous. In reality, it represents a modest 0.13% of the $14.6 trillion in savings held by Japanese households, much of which has historically remained idle in bank deposits. Relative to the size of Japan’s equity investment fund market, potential inflows into Bitcoin ETFs would amount to…

While the August non-farm payrolls data from the US presented a strong picture in the headlines, analysts noted that when one-off effects are removed, the underlying growth in the job market remains much more limited. Non-farm employment increased by 162,000 in August, significantly exceeding the market expectation of 56,000. Data for previous months was also revised upwards by a total of 55,000, while the July employment change was updated from a 23,000 decrease to a 21,000 increase. However, analysts noted that when the recovery in the entertainment and hospitality sectors and the temporary effects on public and education employment are…

$XRP has continued to flash mixed signals as its price trades sideways. Amid this weak momentum, it appears that large holders are increasingly dumping tokens on exchanges. While whale activity on the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, continues to provide a bearish signal, the latest data from CryptoQuant shows that deposits from large $XRP holders have yet to return to the relatively low levels seen before late 2024. $XRP retests $0.90 Following a sharp price correction last week, $XRP has retested its multi-year low at around $0.90, falling massively from its Q1 2025 high above $3. $XRP has lost a…

The FSCA South Africa has initiated regulatory actions against senior officers of Altvest Limited, now rebranded as Africa Bitcoin Corporation. This enforcement focuses on transactions involving Altvest Limited shares, highlighting the increasing scrutiny by regulators in the cryptocurrency sector. The actions taken by the FSCA may have wider implications for compliance and consumer protection in the crypto market. For more details, see the official announcement here. What Happened The FSCA’s regulatory action against senior officers of Altvest Limited indicates a significant move to enforce compliance and protect investors. As the cryptocurrency market continues to evolve, regulators are stepping up efforts…

According to CryptoQuant data, trading volume in the $XRP futures market reached its highest level in six months in August. This increase, marking the strongest activity since February, indicates a renewed strengthening of liquidity and investor interest in the derivatives markets. According to the data, Binance ranked first in $XRP futures trading volume in August with approximately $37 billion. Bybit came in second with approximately $14.54 billion, while OKX saw around $12.88 billion in trading. Thus, the total $XRP futures trading volume across these three exchanges alone exceeded $64.6 billion during the month. CryptoQuant stated that this rise indicates a…

Mexican authorities have dismantled a massive cryptocurrency mining operation that allegedly stole electricity from infrastructure connected to a federal hydroelectric complex. The clandestine facility was discovered in Tlaola, a municipality in the northern highlands of Puebla, according to a Sept. 8 report from EL PAÍS. The operation reportedly contained around 300 specialized computers used for cryptocurrency mining. Authorities are now investigating whether similar mining farms are operating elsewhere in the region. According to EL PAÍS, the facility had been illegally connected to infrastructure associated with the Nuevo Necaxa hydroelectric dam. Investigators seized transformers, medium-voltage equipment, approximately 300 computing units and…

Robinhood Chain launched July 1 as an Arbitrum Orbit Layer-2 blockchain built around tokenized U.S. equities. Its Stock Tokens are issued by Robinhood Assets (Jersey) Limited and backed 1-to-1 by real shares held in custody. They provide economic exposure and dividends but no voting rights or beneficial ownership, and they are not offered to U.S. persons. A New Meme Coin Starts With a Stock For roughly two weeks after launch, Robinhood Chain largely looked like another venue for meme coin speculation. Then, to everyone’s surprise, launchpads long.xyz and Bankr introduced a feature that created what traders are calling the RWA…