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The Clarity Act Vote Is Next Week. Here's What's Really at Stake

Senator Lummis says next week's Clarity Act vote is the last realistic shot this decade. But the fight isn't about crypto policy anymore. It's about whether Washington can pass anything at all.

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Bitcoin's Options Traders Are Betting Big, But Spot Buyers Won't Bite

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CoinCorner's insured multisig vault is a push-back against one-key risk after the $115M Coldcard theft

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Bybit now trades EUR/USD like it's a memecoin: 24/7, USDT-settled, 100x

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4.5 million XRP AI payments settled only 5,837 XRP. Here's the reality gap

about 3 hours ago

Europe's Boldest Bitcoin Buyer Just Doubled Down: 376 Coins and a 2033 Mission

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The Clarity Act Vote Is Next Week. Here's What's Really at Stake

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CoinCorner's insured multisig vault is a push-back against one-key risk after the $115M Coldcard theft

Bybit now trades EUR/USD like it's a memecoin: 24/7, USDT-settled, 100x

4.5 million XRP AI payments settled only 5,837 XRP. Here's the reality gap

Europe's Boldest Bitcoin Buyer Just Doubled Down: 376 Coins and a 2033 Mission

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Leios isn't a Cardano scaling breakthrough, it's an adoption invoice

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about 12 hours ago

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about 12 hours ago

Poland's Crypto License Freeze Hurts Local Firms. EU Rivals Are Already Moving In

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Ben Cowen's Brutal Bitcoin Call: Still a 65% Chance the Bottom Isn't In

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about 14 hours ago

Copper's Record High Is a Washington Bet, Not a Mining Miracle

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about 15 hours ago

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about 16 hours ago

Australia Just Axed 45 Crypto Licenses. Here's What That Really Means

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about 16 hours ago

UBS Picks Three Spots as Fed Hike Odds Jump to 60%

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Liquid's White Hats Just Returned $270M. That's the Signal Nobody's Talking About

When Liquid suffered a security breach, white-hat actors returned 85% of the stolen Bitcoin, roughly $270M. That recovery says more about Bitcoin's social contract than any hack ever could, and it's a story the market should be paying closer attention to.

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about 18 hours ago

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about 20 hours ago

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about 21 hours ago

Tether backed Orionx. That's not worth what it used to be.

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Harmony just chose Ethereum over itself. The chain is done.

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Lululemon's 80% Crash Just Collided With Chip Wilson's Divorce

LULU stock sits 80% below its December 2023 peak after three guidance cuts this year. Now founder Chip Wilson's divorce without a prenup is mixing personal risk with institutional failure. Here's what matters and what to watch next.

Marcus Chen

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Polish Exchange Fraud Case Shows Crypto's Real Risk Isn't Code. It's Custody

Polish prosecutors charged Romana Ż. with organized crime and misappropriation tied to $2.1 million in Zondacrypto user funds. The case is a reminder that exchange risk is still human risk. Jurisdiction matters more than ever.

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Trump's Intel AI Image Boast Doesn't Add Up. Here's Why.

Trump shared another AI-generated image of Intel stock gains, this time claiming he made 'hundreds of billions.' A pattern emerges across his disclosed trades, but the numbers and timing raise questions.

James Wright

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Kraken's Regulated Perp Play: 5 Tokens, One 30-Day CFTC Review

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The Clarity Act Vote Is Next Week. Here's What's Really at Stake

Bitcoin's Options Traders Are Betting Big, But Spot Buyers Won't Bite

CoinCorner's insured multisig vault is a push-back against one-key risk after the $115M Coldcard theft

Bybit now trades EUR/USD like it's a memecoin: 24/7, USDT-settled, 100x

4.5 million XRP AI payments settled only 5,837 XRP. Here's the reality gap

Europe's Boldest Bitcoin Buyer Just Doubled Down: 376 Coins and a 2033 Mission

Bitcoin's $80,000 problem: Friday's CPI can't see the $100 oil shock that's already here

Bitmine's 5% ETH Grab Isn't Strength, It's a Crowded Trade Waiting to Break

The Clarity Act Vote Is Next Week. Here's What's Really at Stake

Bitcoin's Options Traders Are Betting Big, But Spot Buyers Won't Bite

CoinCorner's insured multisig vault is a push-back against one-key risk after the $115M Coldcard theft

Bybit now trades EUR/USD like it's a memecoin: 24/7, USDT-settled, 100x

4.5 million XRP AI payments settled only 5,837 XRP. Here's the reality gap

Europe's Boldest Bitcoin Buyer Just Doubled Down: 376 Coins and a 2033 Mission

Bitcoin's $80,000 problem: Friday's CPI can't see the $100 oil shock that's already here

Bitmine's 5% ETH Grab Isn't Strength, It's a Crowded Trade Waiting to Break

Trending →

The Clarity Act Vote Is Next Week. Here's What's Really at Stake

Bitcoin's Options Traders Are Betting Big, But Spot Buyers Won't Bite

CoinCorner's insured multisig vault is a push-back against one-key risk after the $115M Coldcard theft

Bybit now trades EUR/USD like it's a memecoin: 24/7, USDT-settled, 100x

4.5 million XRP AI payments settled only 5,837 XRP. Here's the reality gap

Europe's Boldest Bitcoin Buyer Just Doubled Down: 376 Coins and a 2033 Mission

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Leios isn't a Cardano scaling breakthrough, it's an adoption invoice

Ethereum's 2029 Quantum Deadline Is Banking on a Hard Fork We Can't Schedule

Liquid Gets 3,400 BTC Back But 598.5 BTC Walked. Is That Okay?

ChatGPT Looks at XRP's 2026 Floor Price and Points at the Boring Stuff

Whale Unrealized Gains Just Hit $9B. Here's Why That's a Sell Signal

Zcash Just Hit $1,000 for the First Time in a Decade. Short Sellers Are Paying the Price

Poland's Crypto License Freeze Hurts Local Firms. EU Rivals Are Already Moving In

Germany's AfD Just Made Bitcoin a Political Wedge Issue. Here's Why That's Alpha

Cronos froze 92% of a $120M exploit. The $9.2M that escaped is the real lesson.

Ben Cowen's Brutal Bitcoin Call: Still a 65% Chance the Bottom Isn't In

CZ Says IPOs Are Moving On-Chain. He's Late to a Party That's Already Started

Copper's Record High Is a Washington Bet, Not a Mining Miracle

Wharton's Siegel: Politics, Not Inflation Data, Is Keeping the Fed on Hold

Australia Just Axed 45 Crypto Licenses. Here's What That Really Means

UBS Picks Three Spots as Fed Hike Odds Jump to 60%

Liquid's White Hats Just Returned $270M. That's the Signal Nobody's Talking About

Cancer Vaccines Are Hot. The Real Money Might Be in Diagnostics.

Goldman Just Put a $120 Price Tag on Oil. Here's Why Crypto Should Worry

Tether backed Orionx. That's not worth what it used to be.

Harmony just chose Ethereum over itself. The chain is done.

Lululemon's 80% Crash Just Collided With Chip Wilson's Divorce

Zcash ETF Hits $463M as ZEC Charges Toward $1,200

Nike's S&P 100 Exit Is a Tech Market Story

The Housing Cycle Says a Crash Is Coming. Here's the Timeline

AI's power bill just created a $61 billion bond market. That's a bet worth watching

Polish Exchange Fraud Case Shows Crypto's Real Risk Isn't Code. It's Custody

115% of Bitcoin ETF inflows went to one fund. That's a problem

Tether's Q2 Report Shows $5.2 Billion Cushion and a Profit Engine That Won't Quit

HYPE treasury play hits $2.5 billion, but a $236 million wall stands in the way

Bybit Pay and Mesh Just Made Your Exchange Balance a Credit Card. Here's the Catch

Trump's Intel AI Image Boast Doesn't Add Up. Here's Why.

Jensen Huang Says We Already Have AGI. OpenAI Isn't So Sure.

1.33 Trillion Tokens a Day: B.AI Free Model Rollout Breaks Records, but the Real Play Is the Agent Economy

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