Securitize says the SEC has paused a planned crypto exemption as Washington braces for a Sept. 15 Senate vote on the CLARITY Act, adding more uncertainty to tokenization rules. The delay underscores the messy overlap between SEC rulemaking and Congress’s crypto crackdown-on-paper.
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XRP has reclaimed $1 and is pushing toward $1.10, giving bulls their first real test of strength, while rising RLUSD activity adds a more concrete use-case backdrop. The rebound looks better, but until resistance breaks, it’s momentum—not confirmation.
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Arthur Hayes is betting FLOP can turn AI compute into a tradable asset, with 20% of supply earmarked for testnet users over 10 years. Ambitious? Absolutely. But the real test is whether Flop Network can verify useful inference, or just slap a token on a brutal engineering problem.
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Trump is pressing Congress to pass the CLARITY Act, a market-structure bill that could finally define U.S. crypto rules and split oversight between the SEC and CFTC. But with Senate fights over DeFi, ethics, and stablecoin rewards, the path forward is anything but clean.
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BitGo Korea has secured VASP registration in South Korea just as new crypto rules raise the bar on ownership, capital, and compliance. The approval opens the door to institutional custody and transfer services, not a retail exchange, in one of Asia’s strictest markets.
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Swift has moved tokenized deposits from theory to a live test, linking HSBC and Standard Chartered through its blockchain-based ledger while final settlement stayed in the traditional banking system. It’s a small but meaningful step toward interoperable bank money, not full onchain settlement.
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Bitcoin’s climb back near $70K looks encouraging, but Glassnode says the on-chain damage hasn’t been fully cleaned up. Macro tailwinds, ETF flows, and derivatives are helping, yet weak spot demand and stressed market signals suggest this may still be a bounce, not a true bottom.
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Bitcoin jumped on a mix of Treasury buybacks, falling long-end yields, ETF inflows, and a brutal short squeeze that vaporized bearish bets. The move looks strong, but with momentum hot and leverage cleaned out, a pullback wouldn’t be shocking.
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Bitcoin pushed above $68,300 as a market note claimed whales accumulated about $2.9 billion in BTC over 60 days. Bullish? Sure, maybe. But without clear methodology, whale data can be useful signal or just dressed-up noise.
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Bitcoin surged to nearly $69,000, but the bigger move was a record short squeeze that wiped out roughly $1.7 billion in bearish crypto bets. A Treasury buyback announcement may have helped set the stage, but crowded leverage did the heavy lifting.
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