Anthropic Flags Tokenized Shares
Plus, the Senate Banking Committee releases the Clarity Act draft
TL;DR:
- Bitcoin Clings To $80K
- EF Launches Clear Signing Standard
- Anthropic Flags Tokenized Shares
- Clarity Act Draft Released
- DTCC Picks Chainlink As Data Layer
- BChat: A Decentralized Privacy Messenger Built on the Beldex Network [Media Partner]
Let’s dive in.
Crypto markets saw a pullback today, with BTC holding just above $80,000 and ETH trading around $2,265, down nearly 3% on the day. The move lower came alongside a hotter-than-expected April CPI print, which rattled risk appetite across both equities and digital assets and trimmed rate-cut bets heading into year-end.
On the regulatory front, the Senate Banking Committee released the full 309-page text of the Clarity Act on Tuesday, giving the crypto industry its first formal look at the bill ahead of a Thursday markup vote. The legislation represents the Senate's most sweeping attempt yet to establish a federal framework for digital asset classification and oversight. Separately, Anthropic updated its terms of service to void any unauthorized third-party sales of its private stock — including tokenized shares, SPVs, and forward contracts — naming eight firms it says are not authorized to trade its equity. The move comes amid reports that on-chain venues were implying a valuation of roughly $1.5 trillion for the AI company, nearly four times the $380 billion post-money valuation it received in its February funding round.
In TradFi-meets-crypto news, DTCC — whose subsidiaries processed $4.7 quadrillion in securities transactions last year — announced it will integrate Chainlink as the data and orchestration layer for its upcoming tokenized collateral platform, with a production launch slated for Q4 2026. The Collateral AppChain is designed to automate eligibility checks, margin calls, and settlement across global markets in near real time.
Also today, the Ethereum Foundation formally launched Clear Signing, an open standard built around ERC-7730 that replaces unreadable hex strings with plain-language transaction details a long-awaited security upgrade that proponents say could have prevented billions in losses from blind-signing exploits, including the $1.5 billion Bybit hack.
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Bitcoin Clings To $80K As Altcoins Drag Market Lower
Bitcoin slipped toward the $80,000 level on Tuesday as broader crypto markets retreated alongside Wall Street, with total digital asset market cap falling 1.6% to roughly $2.76 trillion over 24 hours.
Why it matters: Hotter-than-expected CPI data for April — headline at 3.8% annually, the highest since May 2023 — rattled risk assets, trimmed rate-cut bets, and sent most top-20 tokens into the red, with Solana, Cardano, and Hyperliquid leading the losses.
Ethereum Foundation Launches Clear Signing Standard
The Ethereum Foundation launched Clear Signing, an open standard built around ERC-7730 and a new attestation framework (ERC-8176), designed to replace unreadable hex strings with human-readable transaction details across wallets and protocols.
Why it matters: Blind signing has fed billions in ecosystem losses — including the $1.5B Bybit exploit and the ~$235M WazirX breach — and the new standard lets any supporting wallet render plain-language transactions for any protocol that publishes a descriptor, without bespoke integrations.
Anthropic Flags Unauthorized Tokenized Shares
Anthropic updated its terms of service to explicitly void any third-party sale or transfer of its private stock, whether through tokenized securities, SPVs, or forward contracts, naming eight firms it says are not authorized to trade its shares.
Why it matters: Tokenized Anthropic shares on secondary markets like Jupiter's PreStocks were implying a $1.5 trillion valuation — roughly 4x the company's $380B post-money valuation from its February funding round — highlighting a pricing integrity problem in on-chain private equity markets.
Senate Banking Committee Releases 309-Page Clarity Act Draft
The US Senate Banking Committee publicly released the full text of its 309-page Clarity Act on Tuesday, with committee members given until end of business Wednesday to file amendments ahead of a scheduled Thursday markup vote.
Why it matters: The Clarity Act is the Senate's most comprehensive attempt yet to establish a federal framework for digital asset classification and oversight, and its public release marks the first time the industry can formally respond before the bill advances.
DTCC Picks Chainlink As Data Layer For 24/7 Tokenized Collateral Platform
DTCC, whose subsidiaries processed $4.7 quadrillion in securities transactions in 2025, will integrate Chainlink as the data and orchestration layer for its Collateral AppChain — a shared tokenized collateral platform targeting production launch in Q4 2026.
Why it matters: The deal takes direct aim at one of capital markets' most operationally costly functions, with the goal of enabling near real-time, 24/7 collateral management across global markets and blockchains via smart contract automation.
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