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Members of Congress are meeting Tuesday morning to discuss Bitcoin and the broader crypto market structure, the latest in a series of legislative sessions aimed at finally giving the digital asset industry regulatory clarity. The timing matters. A draft bill advanced by the Senate Agriculture Committee proposes splitting crypto oversight between two agencies: the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Bitcoin, classified as a commodity-like digital asset, would fall under the CFTC’s jurisdiction. Investment contracts, meanwhile, would remain in the SEC’s lane. The committee advanced the bill in a party-line vote. Senator John Boozman…

The decentralized landscape matures from experimental curiosity to enterprise ready industrial phase. In line with that growth, ENI has officially announced a partnership with XBIT in order to expose users to high-performing scalable infrastructure. In 2026, Web3 builders have shifted priorities from simply making tokens to making things smarter. This industry shift is directly addressed through the ENI and XBIT alliance that combines ENI’s early advantage in speed and performance with XBIT’s focus on creating easy, human-centric trading experiences. Together, the two projects aim to support the broader adoption and practical use of blockchain technology in the real world. High-Speed…

Bitcoin is starting to trade like the market’s real-time geopolitical switch After Bitcoin moved back above $70,000, following President Trump’s five-day delay of planned strikes on Iranian infrastructure, the useful question is whether Bitcoin is now functioning as one of the fastest live markets for repricing geopolitical risk. The evidence increasingly supports this interpretation. Bitcoin is no longer reacting only to macro in the conventional sense. It is increasingly reacting to single geopolitical developments that reprice the macro path itself. Threat escalation produced a sharp selloff. De-escalation produced an immediate rally. The pattern carries more weight than any individual move.…

Developments in the US regarding monetary policy and the Federal Reserve’s leadership have triggered new expectations in the markets. The termination of the investigation into Jerome Powell is seen as a development that both reduces institutional uncertainty and strengthens expectations of interest rate cuts. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Robert Piro, announced that the investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Powell’s construction spending would be halted. Officials stated that the Fed’s spending would continue to be reviewed by the agency’s inspector general, but added that the investigation could be reopened if deemed necessary. Related News FED Interest Rate Decision…

Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano, has been publicly critical of Ripple and $XRP in recent months, making claims that the $XRP community says are inaccurate. Hoskinson’s specific claims centred on four points. That Ripple dumps $XRP whenever it wants. $XRP holders have no ownership stake in Ripple Prime or $RLUSD. That there is no staking yield for $XRP holders. And that Ripple’s business activities create no meaningful benefit for token holders. Crypto commentator Max Avery reacted to the same and said Ripple’s $XRP holdings are locked in an escrow system with a fixed monthly release schedule that has been publicly…

The deadline for Senate Banking Committee members to file amendments to the CLARITY Act has passed. The final count is not confirmed but context suggests the number could match or exceed the 137 amendments filed ahead of January’s planned markup, which was ultimately scrapped. According to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, the total submitted this time around is already over 100. Thursday’s markup just got considerably more complicated. Warren Goes to War Senator Elizabeth Warren submitted more than 40 amendments on her own, the single largest individual contribution to the amendment pile. Her proposals cover a wide range of restrictions on…

The blockchain landscape in 2026 looks fundamentally different from 2023. Capital no longer flows uniformly — it concentrates in ecosystems that demonstrate measurable on-chain activity, real developer growth, and sustainable fee generation. The fastest growing crypto ecosystems this year are those where total value locked, daily active users, and developer activity are expanding simultaneously, not just price. This ranking is based on four metrics tracked across all major ecosystems: TVL growth rate, transaction volume expansion, developer activity (monthly active developers and GitHub commits), and protocol revenue generation. We weight growth rate over absolute size — a $1 billion ecosystem doubling…

Renowned technical analyst Francis Hunt, a guest on Michaël van de Poppe’s show, made striking statements about the future of the global financial system and Bitcoin’s place within it. Known for his predictions regarding gold and debt crises, Hunt shared his technical and macroeconomic analyses, which are of particular interest to Bitcoin investors. Francis Hunt, while evaluating Bitcoin’s ($BTC) recent performance, drew attention to the asset’s decline in value against gold. According to Hunt, Bitcoin has begun to lose its “exponential growth” characteristic seen in past cycles. Hunt argues that Bitcoin’s market capitalization can be misleading. He notes that in…

Pudgy Penguins, the popular $NFT collection behind the $PENGU token, has announced an extension of its partnership with English Premier League club Manchester City. The project stated that it will develop a range of products tailored for the club’s global fanbase, with specific details to be released at a later date. A Growing Trend in Crypto-Sports Alliances The renewed collaboration marks one of the more notable crossovers between the cryptocurrency and $NFT space and mainstream professional sports. Manchester City, a club with a massive international following, has been increasingly active in blockchain-related partnerships, including previous deals with crypto platforms and…

Something important happened in Belgium earlier this year. KBC, the country’s largest bank-insurance group, switched on regulated Bitcoin and Ether trading for retail investors through Bolero, its self-directed brokerage platform. What matters is not only that a major European bank enabled access to digital assets. It is how that access was introduced: within an existing regulated platform, inside an established client journey, and as part of the broader financial environment customers already use. That model says a great deal about where the market is heading. The first era of bank-distributed digital assets was ring-fenced For the better part of a…