The Trump White House is reportedly vetting four CFTC candidates, a pick that could shape how bitcoin-linked markets, derivatives, and prediction markets are regulated in the U.S. One appointment won’t fix Washington’s crypto mess, but it could tilt the agency toward clarity or more red tape.
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FinCEN says roughly $12.7 billion in suspicious crypto flows are tied to Southeast Asia scam centers running pig butchering, romance baiting, and fake investment schemes. The warning isn’t a final theft tally, but it shows how industrialized crypto fraud has become.
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Saylor says Bitcoin advocacy doesn’t need a government license, while the CLARITY Act inches forward in the Senate and Strategy resumes buying BTC. The fight is really about drawing a line between lawful promotion, fraud, and who regulates crypto.
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Coinbase has expanded its tokenized stock offering on Base from 4 to 10 assets, adding Amazon, Microsoft, Strategy, SanDisk, SpaceX, and Tesla. The pitch is 24/7 onchain access and DeFi utility — but only for eligible non-U.S. users, with legal structure and liquidity risks still front and center.
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BNB, UNI, GRAM and LINK are showing very different setups as traders bet on the next move: BNB and LINK stay technically healthy, UNI looks powerful but overheated, and GRAM is still struggling to prove a real bottom. Selective strength, not a full altcoin free-for-all.
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The National Sheriffs’ Association has gone neutral on the CLARITY Act, easing one big law-enforcement objection before the Senate vote. But Section 604 still fuels a messy fight over DeFi, non-custodial software, and whether crypto rules stop criminals without crushing builders.
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Robinhood Chain stalled block production for 14 minutes just as tokenized trading on the Ethereum layer-2 was gaining real traction. The glitch didn’t hit Robinhood’s brokerage app, but it’s a sharp reminder that on-chain finance still lives and dies by infrastructure that can fail.
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Fed hints at holding rates steady if inflation keeps cooling, giving markets a modest boost, while USDC keeps building real utility as payment and settlement rail. But EX DeFi’s glossy cloud-mining pitch and outsized return claims deserve a very hard skeptical stare.
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Bitcoin slipped after a stronger-than-expected US jobs report eased bets on near-term Fed rate cuts. With payrolls up 162,000 and unemployment steady at 4.1%, traders saw a firmer labor market and, for Bitcoin, a less friendly liquidity backdrop.
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U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $730.8 million in fresh inflows on Sept. 3, but BlackRock’s IBIT grabbed the lion’s share with $454 million, or 62% of the total. The numbers show strong demand for BTC exposure — and an increasingly winner-takes-most ETF race.
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