A year after Kentucky protected wallet use, lawmakers advanced a new provision requiring hardware wallet providers to help reset seed phrases and other access credentials.
Gino Matos 6 min read 
Bitcoin cleared $70k because a Trump Iran headline broke a wider market panic, not because crypto suddenly turned bullish.
Diplomatic breakthrough halts aggression and fuels crypto market rally, with Bitcoin leading the charge.
A cross-market reset is underway, with rising sovereign yields tightening conditions and forcing a repricing of risk.
The agencies drew bright lines on tokens, staking, airdrops, mining, and wrapped assets, then warned they can revise it.
Bitcoin’s sharp drop tracks geopolitical escalation, with risk assets repricing as traders assess conflict spillover scenarios.
Stagflation: The word of the year for 2026 and why Bitcoiners need to know what it means
Even after the SEC and CFTC delivered a more crypto-friendly framework, investors kept focusing on the one thing these agencies can't provide: lasting legal certainty.
Politico says negotiators found an agreement in principle, but the same yield clause can still unravel fast.
