The Senate leaves town in two weeks. Here's what needs to happen for Clarity to advance before then.
2 weeks left for Clarity: State of Crypto
Four high-profile artificial intelligence (AI) labs released frontier language models within a three-week stretch in July 2026, and the gap between what these systems finish without human intervention and what came before has narrowed sharply. Grok 4.5 from xAI, Claude Opus 5 from Anthropic, the GPT-5.6 family from OpenAI, and Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI […]
AI Giants Unleash 4 Frontier Models in 3 Weeks as the Race Enters Overdrive
For the second time this year, the regulator told prediction markets to stop issuing overly broad, template-style certifications of events contracts.
CFTC issues second warning to prediction markets on cookie-cutter self-certifications
Elon Musk says money will stop mattering by 2036, once robots and artificial intelligence produce more goods and services than people can consume. Musk made the prediction during an extended interview with Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, recorded at the Texas Gigafactory and published in late July 2026 as part of the outlet’s Insider series. […]
Elon Musk Says ‘Money Won’t Matter by 2036’ as Robotics and AI Flood Global Markets
Russia’s biggest bank plans to create cryptocurrency trading infrastructure by Dec. 1 as the country is set to establish rules for market participants while allowing crypto assets to be used in foreign trade operations.
Russia’s Sberbank to launch crypto trading infrastructure this year
This week’s stories spanned regulation, adoption, market conviction, and industry shakeouts. Seven Senate Democrats rejected the latest CLARITY Act draft, while Cathie Wood doubled down on SpaceX despite its sharp stock decline. River reported that more Americans now own bitcoin than gold, but the treasury-company model took another hit as Satsuma voted to liquidate and […]
BTC Ownership Overtakes Gold in The US, Democrats Reject CLARITY Draft, And More – Weekly Recap
Key Takeaways: The Bankr X account was spoofed to promote fraudulent airdrop links to users. Security fears are emerging due to the fact that an on-device passkey was supposed to protect this account but failed to do so. After the incident, the $BNKR token experienced selling pressure as the team addressed the malicious messages from X and conducted an investigation. User Score8.
$BNKR Tumbles After Bankr X Hack Sparks Fake Airdrop Scam Despite Passkey Security
Key Takeaways: On 26th August 2026, BitMart will end all trading functions and on 31st January 2027, cease all platform services. The exchange has already halted fresh trades, deposits, and new users registering, as it is urging members to redeem the money as soon as possible. As part of a strategic business review, the closure comes as part of a new wave of crypto exchanges leavi
BitMart Announces Full Shutdown After 9 Years, Trading Ends on August 26
The Bitcoin blockchain just recorded its 15th difficulty adjustment of the year, trimming mining difficulty by about 0.74% at block height 959616. Amid the year’s wild swings, the balance has clearly tilted toward difficulty cuts, with negative adjustments outnumbering increases by nearly 3 to 2. Difficulty Drops for the 15th Time This Year This weekend, […]
Bitcoin’s 15th Difficulty Reset Exposes a Mining Industry Under Pressure
Key Takeaways CXMT perps settle in USDT and convey no shares, dividends or voting rights. Gate lists long and short positions from 1x to 10x. Direct STAR Market entry requires RMB500,000 (approx. $73,800) in assets and two years of experience. About $19m in CXMT perps traded before a roughly RMB66.6bn ($9.8bn) IPO. According to a Financial Times report, tradeXYZ and Gate launch
How Crypto Lets Traders Bet on China’s Biggest Chip IPO
Michael Saylor’s latest bitcoin chart comes as Strategy holds 843,775 BTC, maintains a $3.225 billion cash reserve, and still has authorization to sell up to $23.53 billion of additional stock to raise capital, sharpening questions over whether the company will resume bitcoin purchases. Saylor Shares Strategy’s Crowded Bitcoin Chart Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) Executive Chairman [
‘We’re Gonna Need Another Color’: Michael Saylor Fuels Speculation Over Strategy’s Next Bitcoin Move
On Sunday, during the morning trading sessions, bitcoin exchanged hands for $64,466 on July 26, giving back most of a rally that had pushed the cryptocurrency above $66,900 earlier in the week. The past seven days followed a familiar pattern. Buyers stepped in after last month’s drop to $57,700, driving bitcoin from $64,700 on July […]
Bitcoin Enters Volatility Trap as Fed Decision, CLARITY Act and Fork Drama Converge
Dormant Bitcoin activity fell to its lowest level since Q3 2022, suggesting long-term holders have slowed distribution after heavy profit-taking.
Bitcoin OG selling eases as dormant BTC movement hits 4-year low: Thorn
This editorial is from this week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the week, with a comment on each story. Since last Friday, Bitcoin moved from around $64,000 […]