Regulation & Politics

Regulation & Politics
Crypto Industry Pushes for Senate Vote on New CLARITY Act Text as Democrats Blast Ethics Plan
Coinbase, the Blockchain Association and the DeFi Education Fund urged the Senate to pass the 616-page merged draft, while Sen. Angela Alsobrooks called its DOJ-led ethics enforcement "wild and unserious and stone-cold crazy."

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Crypto Rallies as Reported Ethics Deal Revives Odds of CLARITY Act Senate Vote
Bitcoin reclaimed $66,000 after reports that the White House circulated agreed-upon ethics-provision language to Senate Republicans, removing the main obstacle to a floor vote before the August recess.

Regulation & Politics
CFTC Orders Kalshi to Honor Trades a Michigan Court Told It to Cancel
The regulator stayed a Kalshi rule change and invoked emergency authority, calling the first state attempt to void executed derivatives trades unprecedented.

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Argentine Judge Orders ID, Freeze of 25 LIBRA-Linked Crypto Wallets
The order targets holders at Binance, Bybit, OKX and Bitfinex, but analyst Fernando Molina says no funds have actually been frozen yet.

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Lummis Says CLARITY Act Text Coming 'in Next Few Days'
The Wyoming senator says the bill will focus on fighting illicit finance, consumer protections and keeping crypto markets onshore in the US.
Regulation & Politics
Trump Urges Senate to Pass Clarity Act for Lindsey Graham
Trump tied the crypto market structure bill to beating China and AI competition, days after Senate Banking Committee chair Lindsey Graham's death.

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Polymarket Applies for US License to Offer Margin Trading
The filing would let Polymarket users open positions without posting full collateral, following Kalshi's FCM-backed perpetuals launch.

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Hyperliquid, Phantom Ask CFTC to Exempt DeFi From Broker Rules
The joint filing asks regulators to turn Phantom's March no-action relief into a formal rule covering all non-custodial wallet providers.

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Traders Sue Polymarket, CEO Coplan Over Strategy Market Decision
Two Polymarket users sued the prediction-market platform, its holding entities and CEO Shayne Coplan in New York state court, alleging the site wrongly resolved a market on whether Strategy would sell Bitcoin. William Wood and Thomas Bush filed the complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New…

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Warren Pushes to Bar Trump Family From Crypto Profits After $1.4B Disclosure
Senator Elizabeth Warren is pushing to add a provision to pending Senate crypto legislation barring President Trump, his family and senior officials from profiting off digital assets, after a disclosure showed his crypto ventures made more than $1.4 billion last year.



