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After banks lost their push for tighter stablecoin rules in the failed Clarity Act, JP Morgan scored a narrower win as Visa moves to stop meme coin purchases from being coded as ordinary "digital media" and earning card rewards.

A Glassnode and Bybit report frames the divergence as the defining feature of this cycle, with froth pooling in the market's riskiest corners even as Bitcoin does the heavy lifting.

The Clarity Act failed to advance in the Senate, shifting the industry’s focus to a new wave of action from the SEC and CFTC.

A Glassnode and Bybit report found Bitcoin climbed 24.6% in five August days even as active leverage fell, with short positions supplying 89% of every liquidated dollar.

The Zcash ETF is splitting its shares three ways after pulling in more than $233 million in under a month, as Wall Street piles into crypto's hottest privacy trade.

The network's clock just sped up again, but the extra speed goes to freshness, not capacity.

The filing seeks CFTC approval for contracts giving US traders 24/5 leveraged exposure to individual stocks without ownership.

Kevin O'Leary believes Bitcoin could hit $1 million if crypto beats its quantum computing problem, and explained why he's ditching Ethereum.

XRP is roaring back as Bitcoin claws its way above $800,000 again, but the charts continue to give traders mixed signals.

The agency submitted a prerule on crypto asset transactions and markets to the White House for review, signaling it will build a derivatives framework on its own authority after the Clarity Act's collapse.

Bitcoin just ripped 5.88% higher in a single session, tearing back toward its 2026 highs. The charts say the move is real, but they also say it's gotten ahead of itself.

It came just hours after S&P Global announced its acquisition of OpenZeppelin, as everything TradFi moves onchain.

Investigators say tracing the network's crypto transactions exposed links to organized crime and murder-for-hire.

OFAC says hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin moved through BitBank to the Revolutionary Guards in two months.

In a no-action letter, the CFTC said certain software providers can connect users to regulated derivatives markets without registering as brokers.

The Ethereum co-founder said AI could help developers mathematically verify entire software systems, turning the same technology powering new attacks into a tool for defense.

The Federal Reserve's first rate increase since 2023 barely dented crypto prices, but what comes next could change calculations on Wall Street.