Senate negotiations on the CLARITY Act are stalled over ethics language limiting profits from digital assets for senior officials, including the President and Vice President, with Democrats seeking stronger restrictions to secure their votes.
Core Scientific's Q2 results show a -56% gross margin in self-mining ($21.5M revenue, $33.7M cost) vs. 59% margin in high-density colocation ($136.7M revenue, $80M gross profit), prompting strategic shift towards AI computing conversions.
A GS Finance note tied to Strategy's MSTR shares is set to yield only $217 per $1,000 investment at maturity, reflecting a 78.3% loss due to MSTR's significant price drop below the threshold set by Goldman Sachs.
Prank posters have appeared in Washington, D.C. seeking information on Senator Mitch McConnell, who has been hospitalized for over a month with sparse updates on his condition, fueling speculation and satirical responses.
ISBNdb offers AI developers up to one million physical book titles, including non-digitized, rare, and out-of-print material, for destructive scanning, echoing a 2025 court ruling that supported replacing purchased books with digital scans under fair use, provided the original was discarded, thus maintaining the library's copy count unchanged.
Alpaca, a California brokerage, custodies over $1.5 billion in shares backing tokenized equities, dominating a market promoted as decentralized. However, the upcoming launch of DTCC's Tokenization Service in October threatens to disrupt this concentration by offering tokenized stocks with full shareholder rights, potentially undermining Alpaca's position.
Bitcoin trades near $64,500, pivotal between $65,000 resistance and $62,500 support. Weekend close above $65,000 could validate July rebound, while drop below $62,500 threatens bullish structure ahead of Fed meeting.
Bitcoin traded around $64,000 after the ECB kept interest rates unchanged, tightening financial conditions through quantitative tightening and reduced bond demand, affecting crypto markets through global capital allocation and liquidity.
Bitcoin's next difficulty adjustment on July 26 may lower mining difficulty by ~16%, increasing rewards for remaining miners but failing to address underlying financial pressures such as expensive power contracts and debt obligations.
Samsung's announcement to support stablecoins in its Wallet app sparks competition among issuers and networks for integration, with the company's control over the interface giving it leverage in determining the distribution impact.
Trump joked about running for a fourth term while project-linked wallets moved 10.84 million TRUMP tokens worth about $16.91 million. The token has fallen sharply as the project expands liquidity programs and rewards for top holders.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $225 million in net outflows on July 23, led by a $202 million outflow from BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), ending a seven-day inflow streak of $999 million. Bitcoin prices also declined, though causation between flows and price movement remains unresolved.
After the FIFA World Cup 2026, football returns quickly with WAFCON 2026, the UEFA Super Cup, domestic league openers and new qualification cycles across continents.
Wigan Warriors beat St Helens 38-16 in the Super League derby to extend their winning run over their rivals. St Helens, now under interim coach Eamon O'Carroll, have lost seven of their past 11 games.
CertiK's H1 2026 report reveals a 20-fold surge in crypto-related physical coercion crimes, or "wrench attacks," since H1 2025, with financial exposure increasing 11.8 times to $124.1 million. The report emphasizes the need for advanced custody solutions like multisignature wallets and distributed signers to protect against forced access.
Corporate Bitcoin holdings, often financed by convertible notes and preferred shares, face maturity and dividend pressures that can force companies like Strategy and Bitdeer to sell BTC, impacting market supply regardless of long-term price beliefs.
The revised CLARITY Act faces unusual divisions among Wall Street, Washington, and the crypto industry. While Goldman Sachs supports advancing the bill, banking groups oppose stablecoin reward provisions. Cardano's founder aligns with Senator Warren on presidential involvement, complicating its path to Senate passage.
DTCC is conducting a tokenization trial with 40 firms, including JPMorgan and BlackRock, to represent shares and Treasuries on-chain. However, the usability of these tokens as collateral is hampered by unresolved issues concerning asset pricing, oracle reliability, and accountability for losses when price feeds fail, posing a significant hurdle for institutional adoption.
Bitcoin mining pool Poolin Technology filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, owing $163.7 million in IOUs to wallet users. Its Texas affiliates seek court approval to sell assets for an initial $52 million, covering only 31.8% of the IOUs, with final recovery for unsecured creditors uncertain due to various unresolved factors.
Zilliqa halted native transactions after discovering a vulnerability in its Ledger app's Schnorr signature generation, potentially allowing reconstruction of private keys from approximately five affected signatures, prompting a coordinated remediation plan.
Bitcoin dropped below $65,000 as rising oil prices, fueled by Red Sea tanker attacks and US threats against Iran, pushed Treasury yields higher and triggered a broader retreat from risk assets, impacting spot demand and ETF flows.
BitMEX, once a major crypto exchange, announced its closure on September 23, advising customers to withdraw funds. The exit, driven by a loss of market share to competitors like Binance and OKX, is a scheduled wind-down without a financial crisis, contrasting with the 2022 CeFi collapses.
BitMEX, the crypto exchange founded by Arthur Hayes, announced its shutdown on Sept. 23, giving customers two months to close positions and withdraw funds. New registrations have stopped, and a monthly fee will apply to remaining KYC-verified assets after the deadline.
BlackRock, Coinbase, and Strategy are among nine firms forming the Bitcoin Security Consortium, investing $15 million to fund research against future quantum computing threats. The initiative aims to support developers in creating quantum-resistant cryptography for Bitcoin, addressing a theoretical vulnerability that could expose billions in BTC.
