Banking
Big banks may have found their answer to the CLARITY Act’s stablecoin challenge
The Clearing House plan gives banks 24/7 tokenized settlement while keeping customer money inside regulated deposit accounts.
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Macro
Bitcoin price rebound wobbles as Israel defies Trump and hits Iran, sending oil back toward $100
Bitcoin held above $60,000, but analysts warn the move was driven more by forced short covering than renewed investor demand.
Regulation
Trump’s family crypto feud spills into customer accounts after wallet freeze
HTX will move eligible USD1 users into USDT as World Liberty Financial faces fresh scrutiny over its onchain freeze controls.
Lending
Morgan Stanley’s Galaxy deal points to Bitcoin’s next institutional test: lending collateral
Morgan Stanley’s Galaxy deal shows the next phase of institutional crypto adoption is moving beyond ETF access and into collateral markets.
Analysis
DeFi’s old hack vectors are fading – But the new risk can hit six chains at once
The good news is that bridge hacks and flash-loan attacks are fading; the bad news is that protocol logic bugs are becoming much harder to contain.
Regulation
Crypto rails made prediction markets global, gambling laws may make them local again
South Korea’s reported probe into Polymarket users follows broader action against event-contract platforms.
AI
AI’s power race is shifting leverage from chipmakers like NVIDIA to the grid
AI’s biggest bottleneck is no longer chips or talent, but electricity—and the companies controlling the grid now have the strongest hand in tech.
Regulation
CLARITY Act chances of passage this year falls to 60%, Galaxy Digital says
Analysts say the CLARITY Act faces a narrowing path as lawmakers approach the August recess without a deal on stablecoin yield and ethics provisions.
Macro
A needed $900B Treasury cash rebuild could quietly drain the liquidity Bitcoin needs
A looming Treasury cash rebuild is threatening to tighten financial conditions for Bitcoin.
Regulation
Hyperliquid’s UK warning reveals the regulatory test behind its Wall Street push
Hyperliquid’s growing derivatives market has pulled in traders and drawn a UK warning.
Analysis
May jobs report explained: Why 172,000 jobs means higher rates, pricier loans, and a Bitcoin drop
A jobs report this strong sounds like good news right up until you follow it through to the Fed, where it closes the door on the rate cuts that borrowers and crypto traders have been counting on.
Exchanges
Crypto exchanges are losing retail traders but are filling the gap with Wall Street-style bets
Major crypto platforms like Binance are turning to gold, silver, oil and stock-linked products to replace fading retail activity.