Clarity Act: Democrats pledge revival after Senate procedural flop
Seven Democratic senators say this week's failed procedural vote was a setback, not the end, as analysts pivot to SEC and CFTC rulemaking to fill the gap.
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Seven Democratic senators say this week's failed procedural vote was a setback, not the end, as analysts pivot to SEC and CFTC rulemaking to fill the gap.
Police traced users through public blockchain records and OSINT, with 18 of 26 cases already heading to prosecutors in a test of how far prediction-market enforcement can reach onchain.
The president says he backs Fed independence even while arguing rates should be lower, a stance risk-asset traders read as pressure for easier monetary policy.
A baseline trade-termination threat tied to a hypothetical political move injects fresh uncertainty into a US-EU relationship already strained by tariff salvos, with markets now pricing the…
The American Reserve Modernization Act would lock Trump's 2025 executive order into statute, directing Treasury to hold bitcoin permanently and acquire more over five years without taxpayer cost.
Another quarter-point move extends the tightening cycle, and risk assets from equities to crypto now have to price a higher-for-longer path.
The move lifts the fed funds range to 3.75%-4.00% and marks the first tightening in more than three years, resetting the liquidity backdrop for risk assets from Bitcoin to high-beta DeFi.
Congress punted on market structure legislation, but the agencies now have a green light to define crypto's rules themselves, a faster path that JPMorgan and Bernstein both expect to be aggressive…
Markets will parse every word from the Fed chair for clues on the rate path, with policy guidance from the presser often moving more than the statement itself.
The dot plot keeps a final quarter-point increase on the table, a hawkish tilt that pressures risk assets and caps hopes of an imminent easing cycle.
The new Fed chair is staking his credibility on price stability over risk-asset relief, a stance that sets the tone for every cut expectation priced into markets.
Another quarter-point move extends the tightening cycle, and the marginal dollar of liquidity for crypto and equities just got more expensive to chase.
The group targeted crypto-heavy customers using blockchain analysis, and 680 accounts had identity documents and transaction histories exposed in the breach.
Federal legislation to hold bitcoin as a sovereign reserve asset clears a House committee, moving the US closer to treating BTC alongside gold and foreign currencies.
Kevin Warsh's framing puts price pressure, not growth, at the center of the policy debate, a stance markets will read as hawkish for the rate path.
The pressure campaign lands as markets price in easing, with risk assets from Bitcoin to equities sitting on the other side of every Fed cut.
The president publicly broke with the Fed over a 25 basis point rate increase, arguing borrowing costs should sit at 1% or less, a direct jab at the central bank's independence.
The unusually blunt language puts the executive branch on a collision course with the central bank and revives questions about Fed independence at a sensitive moment for rate expectations.
The 12-month operational phase runs from Q3 2027 through Q3 2028, and participation tests merchant acceptance without ever making the beta legal tender or committing the ECB to issue.
The high-profile crypto critic now wants a brake on frontier AI, adding a Senate voice to the growing regulatory push against uncontrolled model scaling.