Senate Democrats and Republicans are headed for a showdown over the CLARITY Act, with Trump-linked crypto ethics, DeFi protections, and stablecoin rewards threatening to sink a key procedural vote before real debate even begins.
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CoinCorner has launched Vault, a UK Bitcoin custody product using multisig with AnchorWatch and Lloyd’s-backed insurance, but it comes with a 1.5% annual fee and no FCA or FSCS protection. It’s a sturdier custody option — just don’t confuse insured with risk-free.
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The CLARITY Act’s bid to bring order to U.S. crypto regulation now hinges on a Sept. 15 Senate cloture vote, but an ethics fight over Section 13152 and a jammed House calendar may kill the bill before it gets a real shot.
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Liquid Network suffered a consensus bug that let an attacker mint invalid L-BTC, drain most of the BTC reserve, and then bargain with Blockstream on-chain. Some funds were returned, but the exploit exposed a brutal verification failure, not a key theft.
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CHFD has expanded its Swiss stablecoin sandbox to nine institutions, including UBS, SIX and TWINT, but this is still a tightly controlled test — not a public launch. The focus is institutional settlement and programmable payments, with a real rollout still far off.
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HashKey Cloud has joined Stacks’ Bitcoin staking launch as a Genesis Bond participant and sBTC signer, adding more institutional weight to a self-custodial BTC-yield model that still isn’t native Bitcoin staking — and comes with real limits, risks, and fine print.
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Fractal Bitcoin has cut its block reward to 6.25 FB after its first halving, while setting aside an equal emission budget for future distribution tied to Bitcoin mainnet activity. The catch: the core mechanics still depend on FIP-103, so the real test is yet to come.
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Banca d’Italia is telling Italian crypto firms to screen every transfer for sanctions compliance, with no minimum-value loopholes. MiCA authorization doesn’t cover this, and regulators are making it clear: small payments don’t get a free pass for bad actors.
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Asia-Pacific regulators are tightening the screws on crypto, with South Korea advancing tokenized securities, Australia ending its licensing grace period, and Taiwan building tougher stablecoin rules. The message is clear: crypto can grow up and comply, or get left outside.
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Visa says stablecoin-linked card programs are now live at scale, with 160+ programs, nearly 200% year-over-year volume growth, and a $20 billion annualized settlement run rate. The big takeaway: stablecoins are becoming real payment infrastructure, not just crypto theater.
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