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The bill is on the calendar, the House has promised to move fast, and the committee fight is over. Everything now comes down to a single number: whether Senate leadership can find seven Democratic votes before the August recess. Here is the math that decides crypto’s biggest law. As of mid-June 2026, the CLARITY Act, the most comprehensive crypto market-structure bill ever to advance in the United States, has reached the stage where only one thing stands between it and becoming law: votes. On June 1, the bill was formally placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar as Calendar No. 423,…

Ripple Partner Securitize Goes Public, Marking a Major Milestone for Tokenized Finance Ripple’s strategic partner, Securitize, has made history by becoming Wall Street’s first publicly listed tokenization company, marking a significant milestone in the convergence of blockchain technology and traditional finance. Market analyst Diana described the listing as a defining moment for the rapidly growing real-world asset (RWA) tokenization industry. She argued that it underscores rising institutional confidence in blockchain-based financial infrastructure and signals that tokenization is moving beyond experimentation into mainstream finance. Securitize has emerged as one of the leading platforms for tokenizing traditional financial assets, enabling institutions to…

Bitcoin may still be far from its ultimate market bottom, according to fresh analysis from on-chain analyst Ki Young Ju, who said traditional cycle indicators are not yet signaling a full capitulation phase. Using a long-term logarithmic chart, Ju said Bitcoin’s current structure does not resemble previous cycle bottoms. Historically, every major Bitcoin bear market eventually pushed prices close to the realized price, the average cost basis of all investors. While Bitcoin is moving closer to those levels, Ju says the market has not fully reached the point that historically marked major bottoms. According to Ju, Bitcoin’s risk-to-reward profile improves…

Musashi Dojo is the public testnet for Ouroboros Leios, Cardano’s (@Cardano) next major scaling upgrade. It went live on June 23, 2026, kicking off a multi-phase program to test the Leios prototype before a planned mainnet upgrade later this year. The launch is the first time Leios has run on a public network rather than in simulations. It gives stake pool operators and developers a place to break the new system before it ships. Here is how it works, and what each phase is meant to prove. What is the Leios upgrade? Ouroboros Leios is an optimistic consensus protocol that…

The Irish Government has released the 2026 National Risk Assessment (NRA), alongside an action plan to strengthen responses to Money Laundering (ML), Terrorist Financing (TF), and Proliferation Financing (PF). The assessment classifies crypto assets as a very significant ML and TF risk and introduces a 30-point action plan to enhance regulatory and enforcement responses. Ireland Publishes 2026 National Risk Assessment on Financial Crime On 18 June 2026, Ireland’s Department of Finance published the National Risk Assessment Ireland 2026 – Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Proliferation Financing. This comprehensive update is prepared with input from the Anti-Money Laundering Steering Committee, law…

AbaO took the final spot, beating WBG Xiaocai 3-1 in the LCQ grand final. SF|Gummy finished third, and Pida took the fourth and last available slot. The LCQ drew 89 entrants competing for a $50,000 prize pool attached to the qualifier itself. SNK’s fighting game returns to major competition for the first time in 26 years, backed by a $1 million prize pool at EWC 2026. The main event runs July 7 through July 10 in Paris. Format and Structure The tournament uses a three-phase system: Phase 1: Four groups of eight players in a GSL-style double-elimination format. Matches are…

On July 1, Robinhood launched its own blockchain, joining Coinbase, Stripe, Circle, and Tether in the fastest-moving infrastructure race in crypto: giant consumer companies building their own rails instead of renting someone else’s. The land grab has a clear logic, clear winners, and one uncomfortable question about what happens to the neutral chains everyone used to build on. For most of crypto’s history, the deal between companies and blockchains was simple: the chains were public infrastructure, and companies were tenants. Coinbase listed tokens on other people’s networks. Stripe processed payments over other people’s rails. Robinhood gave customers a buy button…

Bitcoin has shed more than 50% of its value since hitting an all-time high near $126,000, and the market is now locked in a tense standoff at a support level that technical analysts say could determine the digital asset’s next major move. The cryptocurrency has been testing the $58,000–$60,000 range for the third time in recent months, a zone that chart watchers consider critical. Below that threshold, the next meaningful support sits in the low $40,000s, a drop that would push Bitcoin into drawdown territory comparable to its most brutal prior cycles. The sell-off has been swift and precise. Bitcoin’s…

Spot gold opened the week near $4,214 per ounce on June 13. Prices climbed as high as $4,330 to $4,380 by midweek on optimism around a U.S.-Iran truce deal involving President Trump. The rally reversed sharply after the Fed signaled it could raise rates later in 2026, sending gold down to $4,151 to $4,173 by June 19 and 20. The pullback marks a roughly 3.4% weekly loss and extends a broader June correction that has pulled gold down about 8.5% for the month. Gold remains about 23% higher than a year ago but sits well below its January 2026 record…

The Cardano network ranks as one of the most decentralized networks in the crypto space, as the chances of compromise become nearly impossible. Decentralization in this context refers to the even distribution of control and authority among network participants. A well-decentralized network has broader participation in decision-making and is censorship resistant. Currently, Cardano ranks among the top four in crypto networks with these features. Cardano Nakamoto Coefficient at 23 This ranking was determined by the Nakamoto coefficient. Named after Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto, the metric measures how decentralized a network is using multiple factors. One is the minimum number of…