The US Senate Agriculture Committee has pushed its markup of the crypto market structure bill to the end of January, saying it needs more time to garner support for the legislation. Committee Chairman John Boozman said on Monday that he wanted to advance a bipartisan-supported bill and has “made meaningful progress and had constructive discussions …
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US Senators Cynthia Lummis and Ron Wyden have introduced standalone legislation to ensure that blockchain developers and service providers who don’t directly handle user funds are exempt from money transmitter regulations. The Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA), introduced by Lummis and Wyden on Monday, aims to clarify that writing software or maintaining networks doesn’t trigger …
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Ethereum needs to get to a point where its value proposition remains even if developers stop active work on the protocol, according to its co-founder Vitalik Buterin. “We must get to a place where Ethereum’s value proposition does not strictly depend on any features that are not in the protocol already,” said Buterin in a …
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Key takeaways: Institutional investors selling Bitcoin is visible through the Bitcoin ETFs recording $1.38 billion in net outflows across four trading sessions. BTC futures data shows a neutral 5% basis rate, well below the 10% level that typically defines a true bullish breakout. Bitcoin (BTC) price briefly jumped above $92,000 on Monday after US federal …
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US Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Mike Selig has unveiled the agency’s new innovation committee, aimed at guiding the regulation of emerging technologies like blockchain and AI, which are transforming financial markets. The Innovation Advisory Committee replaces the Technology Advisory Committee and is looking to bring top crypto voices into the CFTC’s process to shape …
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Ripple presses U.S. regulators to redraw the boundaries of crypto oversight, arguing securities laws should hinge on enforceable legal rights — not speculation, decentralization, or trading behavior — and warning that blurred lines could permanently expand SEC jurisdiction. Ripple Urges SEC to Tie Crypto Regulation to Legal Rights, Not Speculation Ripple submitted a letter to …
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Coinbase is pressuring U.S. lawmakers as Congress prepares to release a major crypto market-structure bill on Jan. 12. Banking Lobby vs. Crypto Firms Coinbase is ramping up pressure on U.S. lawmakers as Congress prepares to unveil a sweeping crypto market-structure bill. At issue: whether exchanges like Coinbase can continue offering rewards to customers who hold …
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Precious metals analyst Lynette Zang has warned that the global financial order is shifting away from legal norms toward coercive power, arguing in a 2026 outlook interview that bank bail-ins, asset seizures, and renewed gold confiscation risks are increasingly plausible in this day in age. Zang Warns of Rising Risk Following U.S. Bank Failures In …
Bakkt Holdings Inc. has agreed to acquire Distributed Technologies Research Ltd. (DTR) in a stock-based transaction aimed at expanding its stablecoin settlement and programmable payments capabilities. Bakkt’s Board Approves DTR Acquisition After Special Committee Review Under the definitive agreement, Bakkt Holdings Inc. will issue Class A common stock equal to 31.5% of the “Bakkt Share …
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Multinational banking giant Standard Chartered is reportedly preparing an expansion into digital assets with a new prime brokerage platform. $849 Billion Titan in Early-Stage Discussions to Compete in Digital Asset Industry Citing people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified, Bloomberg reports that Standard Chartered is planning the launch of a crypto …
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Bitcoin surged past $92,000 at the start of the week after the DOJ subpoenaed the Federal Reserve, sparking global market volatility and a flight to safe-haven assets like gold, which hit a record $4,600. Political Friction Triggers Global Flight to Safety In what proved to be a high-velocity opening to the trading week, bitcoin ( …
World Liberty Financial has launched its first web application, World Liberty Markets, introducing lending and borrowing functionality for its USD1 stablecoin through an integration with Dolomite. World Liberty Financial Introduces Lending and Borrowing Web Application World Liberty Markets marks the second major product release from World Liberty Financial, positioning the platform as a new venue …
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Strategy (MSTR) just announced a new, massive Bitcoin purchase. The preeminent BTC treasury company says it has purchased 13,627 Bitcoin for approximately $1.25 billion. That’s the firm’s largest weekly purchase since last summer. The acquisition was made at an average price of about $91,519 per Bitcoin, pushing the company’s total holdings to 687,410 BTC. The …
HodlX Guest Post Submit Your Post For a long time, traders and investors treated ‘perps’ (perpetual futures) as one of the riskiest instruments, characterized by high leverage and constant volatility. But as trading matured, those same mechanics started to connect among markets, turning perps from a niche derivative into the backbone of crypto liquidity. Today, …
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HodlX Guest Post Submit Your Post Market data shows that only 0.79% of Bitcoin’s total supply is currently locked in DeFi. The rest sits comfortably in centralized custody – with exchanges, ETFs, corporate treasuries or nation-states. Given that BTC is the world’s largest crypto asset, that’s an astonishingly small number to talk about. Bitcoin remains …
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