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Sberbank’s crypto move looks more like regulated DFAs and crypto-backed lending than a confirmed wallet launch. The bank’s real push is inside Russia’s controlled digital asset system, where innovation, sanctions pressure, and state oversight all collide.
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A Connecticut judge has let federal securities claims against Digital Currency Group move forward in the Genesis collapse case, saying investors plausibly alleged DCG helped obscure Genesis’s financial trouble. Some state fraud claims were tossed for now, but discovery is now on the table.
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Sberbank is preparing a crypto wallet and digital asset depository as Russia’s new rules kick in Sept. 1, signaling a tightly controlled push into regulated crypto. The bank may also help users reach foreign exchanges, while Moscow’s digital ruble rollout stays on schedule.
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Bitcoin bounced back to the low $63,000s after ETF outflows, Strategy’s tiny but symbolic BTC sale, and fresh whale buying collided at once. The message: sentiment got hit, deep-pocketed buyers stepped in, and BTC found a floor for now.
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The CLARITY Act is racing toward an Aug. 7 Senate deadline after missing its July 4 target, with committee reconciliation, Senate vote math, and fights over Section 604 still threatening to slow or sink U.S. crypto market-structure reform.
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The CLARITY Act could redraw U.S. crypto oversight by splitting authority between the SEC, CFTC, and banking regulators — but the real battle is over what counts as a security, a commodity, or a stablecoin, and whether “mature” blockchains can finally escape legal limbo.
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Bitcoin’s BIP-110 is reigniting a blunt fight over blockspace: should Bitcoin clamp down on arbitrary data to curb spam and node bloat, or keep rules as frozen as possible? Luke Dashjr says it’s too late to back out; Michael Saylor says don’t mess with the money machine.
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The CLARITY Act has made real progress, but its fate now hinges on a brutal Senate math problem and an even messier ethics fight. With the August 7 recess looming and Democrats pushing for tougher conflict rules, the crypto market-structure bill may run out of time before it gets a real shot at passage.
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Bitcoin rebounded toward $64,000 as weaker U.S. jobs data, lower oil, and renewed spot Bitcoin ETF inflows helped bulls defend key support. The move looks promising, but with BTC still trapped in a downtrend, this is a test—not a victory lap.
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Bitcoin’s latest internal brawl is over block space, not price: Luke Dashjr is backing BIP-110, a proposed soft fork that would curb arbitrary data on-chain and hit Ordinals, Runes, and other “spam” use cases. The fight is really about what Bitcoin should be for.
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