Senator Cynthia Lummis is pushing hard for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, and she’s not pretending the stakes are small. Her warning is simple: Congress may have a short window to pass meaningful U.S. crypto market structure legislation before the political winds shift and the whole thing gets shoved into a legislative freezer until […]
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Strategy added another 1,550 Bitcoin to its balance sheet for $101 million, while also offloading 32 BTC in the same period. Net result: the company is still buying, still stacking, and still behaving like Bitcoin is the reserve asset it wants it to be. Strategy buys 1,550 Bitcoin for $101 million after offloading 32 coins […]
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Strive Asset Management is taking aim at one of the biggest reasons Bitcoin still feels clunky in the U.S.: capital gains tax on ordinary payments. CEO Matt Cole says scrapping that tax could help Bitcoin work more like money and less like a speculative asset that gets dragged through a compliance swamp every time someone […]
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A Chinese court has upheld a Bitcoin theft conviction that turns a seed phrase into a brutally simple lesson: if someone gets the words, they can get the coins. In this case, a man memorized a wallet recovery phrase, stole 107 BTC, and was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison. 107 BTC stolen […]
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Congress is moving to ban lawmakers from trading on crypto prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi — and yeah, that should have happened a long time ago. Senate already approved a ban for senators and staff House may attach similar language to H.R. 7008 Polymarket and Kalshi support the move to boost legitimacy Enforcement is […]
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Syscoin has paused its bridge after an exploit minted around 5 billion unauthorized SYS tokens, turning a validation flaw into a supply nightmare and another ugly reminder that crypto bridges are still a juicy target. Bridge paused after a security incident ~5 billion unauthorized SYS minted Validation flaw accepted a bad transaction proof UTXO Bridge […]
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The U.S. has sanctioned Nobitex, Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, as part of a broader pressure campaign aimed at cutting off financial infrastructure that helps Tehran move value outside the traditional banking system. Nobitex targeted: Iran’s biggest crypto exchange is now under U.S. sanctions. Infrastructure, not just wallets: Washington is going after the rails that move […]
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Senator Angela Alsobrooks is backing a crypto market structure bill — but she’s not handing it a blank check. The Maryland Democrat voted to move the legislation forward while flagging concerns about how it would actually regulate digital assets, a reminder that Washington loves a good “yes, but…” almost as much as it loves a […]
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The CLARITY Act New Update: Senate Floor Vote Looms for Landmark Crypto Bill is inching toward a full Senate vote, and the fight over U.S. crypto market structure is finally getting serious. Senator Cynthia Lummis is pushing hard to keep lawmakers from stalling now that the bill has cleared committee and already made it through […]
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Syscoin has paused its bridge after a validation flaw reportedly allowed the creation of roughly 5 billion unauthorized SYS outputs through its UTXO bridge path. That’s not a typo. One broken verification step, and the accounting starts looking like it was done by a toddler with a mint button. Bridge paused after a security incident […]
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