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'Trump Trade' Has Bitcoin Eyeing $70,000 Even as Gold Hits New High
Bitcoin is surging as confidence in risky assets grows, driven by election bets on a pro-crypto Donald Trump win and ETF demand
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Senate Clarity Act Collapses in 50-49 Vote: Crypto’s Regulatory Hopes Dashed Until 2027
A failed Senate vote has killed hopes for near-term crypto market-structure rules, opening the door to more agency enforcement and a costly political fight heading into the midterms.
Bitcoin’s $77K Standoff: Spot Deleveraging Meets Political Binary
Leverage is falling, ETF flows are weakening and macro risks are mounting as Bitcoin faces two major catalysts that could determine its next move.
AI's Biggest Rivals Just Agreed to Slow Down, But Wall Street Is Betting They Won't
The same week Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Elon Musk converged on a call to pace AI development, Nvidia was reportedly negotiating a $10 billion anchor position in what could become the largest IPO in history.
Escalating the Prediction Markets Fight
The CFTC says federal law clearly overrides state gambling rules. The problem is that the courts have never actually said that — and the agency’s aggressive defense of Kalshi could put its own powers at risk.
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Senate Clarity Act Collapses in 50-49 Vote: Crypto’s Regulatory Hopes Dashed Until 2027
A failed Senate vote has killed hopes for near-term crypto market-structure rules, opening the door to more agency enforcement and a costly political fight heading into the midterms.
How Tether Became the Payment Rail in Orlen's $230 Million Failed Venezuela Oil Deal
USB sticks loaded with USDT changed hands in Caracas hotels and restaurants as a chain of intermediaries multiplied, according to a Financial Times investigation that has already produced criminal charges against former executives at the Polish energy group's Swiss trading arm.
Clarity Act Fails Senate Cloture Vote, Sending Crypto Stocks Sharply Lower
Coinbase led the selloff with a decline of roughly 10%, and total crypto market capitalization fell more than 3%, as the bill's defeat closes off, for now, the market-structure framework the industry had lobbied for over several years.
Bitcoin’s $77K Standoff: Spot Deleveraging Meets Political Binary
Leverage is falling, ETF flows are weakening and macro risks are mounting as Bitcoin faces two major catalysts that could determine its next move.