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The CLARITY Act this week has crossed a major hurdle after President Donald Trump approved new ethics rules tied to the bill. With one of the biggest roadblocks now resolved, lawmakers are racing to finalize the Senate version before the August recess.Meanwhile, the prediction markets now see a 72% chance of a vote happening on time. CLARITY Act Moves Ahead After Trump Backs Ethics Rules The CLARITY Act has regained momentum after President Donald Trump signed off on new ethics language earlier this week, removing one of the biggest issues that briefly stalled the bill in Congress. The new proposal…

For years, tokenization of real-world assets has promised to unlock liquidity in traditionally illiquid markets. Private credit, a multi-trillion-dollar asset class run mostly through opaque bilateral agreements, should be a prime beneficiary. Yet most tokenized credit issuances have been primary placements. Investors who onboarded early ended up holding positions with no clear exit. A transaction announced Tuesday suggests that template might finally be fracturing. According to the original report, Ocean RWA Finance, Symphony Digital Assets and Alpha Jaguar Capital completed what they describe as the first institutional secondary trade in tokenised private credit on Avalanche. The counterparties settled a tokenized…

The cryptocurrency markets are experiencing turbulent times in the shadow of economic and market shocks originating from South Korea. Caitlin Long, founder and CEO of Custodia Bank, a leading figure in the sector, made striking analyses of Bitcoin and global financial markets during her appearance on a program. In the broadcast, which also featured Andrew Parish and Tillman Holloway, Bitcoin’s near-term price movements and macroeconomic risks were discussed. One of the most radical agenda items highlighted in the program was the sharp declines in South Korean markets. Caitlin Long, reminding viewers that the global financial system is highly interconnected, warned…

Ethereum is breaking long-term resistance against both the U.S. dollar and Bitcoin. Holding above these breakout levels could open a move toward $3,500 while strengthening $ETH’s chances of outperforming $BTC. Ethereum Breakout Opens Path Toward $3,500 Ethereum has moved above a descending resistance line that controlled its daily trend for nearly a year. Analyst Crypto Patel said the breakout shifts momentum toward buyers, provided $ETH continues holding above the former trendline. $ETH daily chart. Source: Crypto Patel/X The breakout area around $1,850–$1,900 now needs to act as support. Holding it could open a recovery toward $2,350 and $2,950 before Ethereum…

Alpha Compute Corp., trading on NASDAQ under the ticker ALP, has signed a deal to acquire a 60% controlling stake in GAMEE from Animoca Brands. The enterprise valuation comes in at $18 million, with considerations of up to $11 million tied to how GAMEE performs over the next two years. The deal also creates something new: an AI gaming division inside Alpha Compute, led by GAMEE founder Bozena Rezab. What Alpha Compute is actually buying GAMEE claims 119 million registered users within the Telegram ecosystem, making it one of the top-ranking Telegram Mini Apps by user base. GAMEE reported revenue…

An unknown large Shiba Inu ($SHIB) investor has broken a month-long pause by withdrawing 400 billion $SHIB tokens from the Gnosis Safe Proxy smart contract (0xD13). According to data from Arkham Intelligence, the transfer instantly turned the transit address “0xf9905…f64f5”, which previously held only negligible balances of third-party tokens, into a large operational wallet with a balance of $1.89 million, the current estimated value of the unknown investor’s new $SHIB reserves. A one-time withdrawal of funds from the corporate multisig infrastructure of Gnosis Safe to a fresh external address changes the logic of asset ownership. In the on-chain practice of…

For a decade, a token’s legal status was whatever the SEC eventually sued it into. The CLARITY framework flips the default: projects certify their own maturity, and the government gets 60 days to object. Here is how the machinery works, where it came from, and where it can be gamed. Table of Contents What gets certified, and what certification buys How the process actually runs Where the model came from The 20% line, examined The parameters, and the honest failure modes Frequently Asked Questions Every regulatory system has a default setting, and the default matters more than the rules. For…

Most people who hold $USDC or $USDT just let it sit in their wallet. Maple wants to change what a stablecoin can actually do, and now its tokens are easier to trade thanks to a new integration with 1inch. Maple’s syrupUSDC and syrupUSDT tokens are now available through 1inch, a decentralized trading platform that scans liquidity across multiple blockchains to help users swap assets at the best available price, all while keeping custody of their own funds. In this case, 1inch handles the routing and swapping for Maple’s tokens, while Maple continues to manage the underlying lending activity. What Maple…

Robinhood Chain, the blockchain launched by US brokerage Robinhood earlier this month, has climbed to the top of crypto developer activity rankings in less than two weeks, a rare feat for a new network and another sign that traditional finance companies are gaining traction in Web3. The significant event became known after the CEO of Alchemy Nikil Viswanathan stated on X on July 21 that Robinhood Chain had “just hit #1.” As Alchemy is one of the partners for launching the network, it is also possible to verify the information from Electric Capital’s live Developer Report dashboard, which monitors the…

Ethereum held above $1,900 for four consecutive daily closes, a streak last recorded more than one month ago. At press time, Ethereum [$ETH] traded around $1,914 after declining 0.79% over 24 hours. As $ETH defended this level, two large buyers added over 30,000 tokens through separate transactions. Why are Ethereum whales buying? According to Lookonchain, a whale bought 27,000 $ETH worth $52.03 million through Galaxy Digital OTC. The transaction followed three months of wallet inactivity, marking a notable return to the market. However, one purchase cannot confirm that the whale expects Ethereum’s broader downturn to be over. Lookonchain also reported…