Macro
Why Bitcoin initially held its gain as rate traders put September hike odds at 85%
Gasoline drove much of August's headline jump, but faster monthly core inflation kept Waller's warning alive.
Liam 'Akiba' Wright 4 min read
North America News
Coverage footprint 25.7%
News sentiment 33 /100
Top North America Stories
Regulation
Why Nasdaq surveillance cannot settle the fight over 24/7 tokenized markets
Payward plans monitoring across five market types, but legal classification still controls U.S. access and investor protections.
Regulation
Banks get cross-exchange crypto hedge relief under Canada’s new 2027 capital rule
OSFI’s final rule fixes a cross-exchange capital mismatch only for tightly matched, qualifying Group 2a positions.
Latest North America Crypto News & Analysis
Analysis
CPI and PPI climb, crushing hopes for cheap money and leaving Bitcoin traders with an expensive dilemma
Inflation picked up just days before the Fed meets, making cheap money a little harder for Bitcoin investors to count on.
Macro
Treasury buys $5.2 billion of bonds as Bitcoin ETF flows stay negative
The operation supported older bonds, but rising real yields showed why market plumbing had yet to ease Bitcoin’s funding backdrop.
Legislation
CLARITY Act’s biggest Senate vote could happen before the bill is actually finished
Republicans are asking lawmakers to preserve the amendment process while major disputes over ethics, stablecoins and prediction markets remain open.
Regulation
SEC gives Bitcoin-heavy trusts a new 15% window to venture beyond existing listing rules
A new SEC-approved rule gives Bitcoin-heavy trusts more room to add other assets and derivatives without automatically losing access to a faster listing process.
Market
Bitcoin holds near $78K as markets confront the macro shocks they may have underpriced this week
Bitcoin is holding near key on-chain thresholds as CPI, the Fed, BOJ policy and Hormuz risks test the assumptions already embedded in rates, oil and market positioning.
Stablecoins
Paolo Ardoino says 650 million people decentralized US debt, but Tether still controls the T-bills
USDT spreads dollar claims and Treasury funding demand while Tether keeps reserve ownership, portfolio control and gains above face value.
More North America Crypto News Headlines
Macro
Bitcoin traders bet borrowed money on a rally as oil surges ahead of Friday’s inflation test
Banking
Does becoming a federal bank protect crypto from Washington—or give Washington more control?
Legislation
Crypto lobbies launch a last-minute TV campaign against banks to pass the CLARITY Act
Macro