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Will the US get CLARITY this week? Bitcoin’s new $80K target: Hodler’s Digest, July 19
The fate of the CLARITY Act hinges on Trump’s ethics, so the odds aren’t looking great. Prediction market volumes hit new highs, and more news. Polymarket suggests the odds of the CLARITY Act passing this year are just 40%, after a raft of Democratic Senators, including Chris Murphy, Jeff Merkley and Chris Van Hollen, spoke …
South Korea probed 40 cases of crypto manipulation over 2 years
Financial Services Commission Chair Lee Eog-won posted the figures on the second anniversary of the enactment of the Virtual Asset User Protection Act. South Korea’s financial authorities investigated more than 40 cases of unfair trading, including market manipulation and fraudulent crypto trading, in the last two years. According to an X post by Financial Services …
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Average Illinois Resident Carried $54,100 in Household Debt Last Year
Household debt levels for residents of one major state show a modest decline in the latest annual figures. The average person in Illinois owed $54,100 in debt in 2025, says USAFacts. According to USAFacts, the figure represents the total amount owed by individuals with a credit score for obligations such as mortgages, student loans, credit …
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US Corporate Insiders Sell Record $77,600,000,000 in Stock During First Half of 2026
Corporate insiders have offloaded a massive volume of shares to the tune of tens of billions of dollars in the first six months of the year. Corporate insiders dumped a total of $77.6 billion in the first half of the year, representing a 20% increase from the same period in 2025, reports The Kobeissi Letter. …
California YouTube TV Subscribers Receiving Payments From $7,500,000 Settlement
California YouTube TV subscribers who experienced automatic renewals are poised to have a share in a multimillion-dollar settlement addressing claims the service failed to follow state disclosure rules. Google LLC and YouTube LLC agreed to the proposed $7.5 million settlement resolving allegations of not fully complying with California’s automatic renewal law. The lawsuit was launched …
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South Korean regulator begins sanctions process against Dunamu: Report
The proceedings come as South Korea’s Virtual Asset User Protection Act lacks explicit sanctions provisions for hacking and computer system incidents, leaving the scope of penalties uncertain. South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has reportedly sent an inspection opinion letter to Dunamu, the operator of crypto exchange Upbit, regarding the $36 million hack from November …
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Fraudsters Using FaceTime Bank Scam To Steal Passwords in Real Time, Warns McAfee
Scammers have developed a real-time FaceTime bank scam that aims to extract passwords and drain accounts while victims watch helplessly. The scheme involves contacting targets via video call while scammers masquerade as bank representatives, reports McAfee. Scammers first contact victims by text or phone, pretending to be from their bank or credit card company and …
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Sioux Falls Man Allegedly Masterminds $20,000,000 Crypto Investment Fraud Scheme, Splurges Funds on Personal Expenses
A Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man is facing decades behind bars after allegedly running a crypto investment scheme that caused tens of millions of dollars in losses for investors. Benjamin Paul Wiener was charged with wire fraud, money laundering, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft, says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South …
Electronic Transactions Association CEO Expecting More Partnerships with Bitcoin Startups
Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) CEO, Jason Oxman, indicated that members of his organization might start recognizing Bitcoin’s disruptive potential, suggesting that this might lead to more partnerships between traditional electronic payment providers and Bitcoin startups. Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) CEO, Jason Oxman, indicated that members of his organization might start recognizing Bitcoin’s disruptive potential, suggesting …
Bank Abruptly Shut Down by US Regulator in Fourth Bank Failure of 2026
US regulators have abruptly shut down a bank in Kansas in the fourth bank failure of 2026. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) says the Kansas Office of the State Bank Commissioner has closed Small Business Bank. The FDIC has been appointed as the receiver and has entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with …
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Uniswap Founder Proposes v4 Protocol Fees Across Multiple Networks
Uniswap founder Hayden Adams has proposed expanding protocol fees across Uniswap v4 and several network deployments, putting one of DeFi’s longest-running governance debates back at the centre of the market. Protocol fees are a sensitive topic for Uniswap because the exchange is one of DeFi’s most important pieces of infrastructure. It processes huge volumes, sits …
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BNB Chain RWA TVL Hits $5.2B As Tokenized Assets Move Beyond Ethereum
BNB Chain has reached a new high in tokenized real-world assets, with RWA.xyz data showing roughly $5.2 billion in tokenized assets on the network. That is a significant figure because real-world asset tokenization is no longer just an Ethereum story. Ethereum still leads the sector by a wide margin, but the growth of BNB Chain …
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SEC Approves Higher IBIT Options Limits As Bitcoin ETF Market Matures
The SEC has approved a NYSE Arca rule change that raises position and exercise limits for options on BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, giving institutional traders more room to hedge and express larger views around the spot Bitcoin ETF market. The change increases limits for IBIT options from 250,000 contracts to 1,000,000 contracts, according to the …
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Sui Launches Gas-Free Stablecoin Transfers At Protocol Level
Sui has launched gas-free stablecoin transfers, a move that goes directly at one of the most annoying pieces of crypto payments: needing the network’s native token just to move dollars. For experienced crypto users, gas is normal. For everyone else, it is friction. A user may have USDC or another stablecoin in a wallet, but …
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