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LIVE: Senate Banking Committee holds key hearing to advance Clarity Act

The Senate Banking Committee will debate amendments before ultimately voting on the market structure legislation on Thursday.
XRP edges higher while bitcoin, ether and dogecoin slip, keeping focus on $1.49 breakout zone

XRP outperformed major tokens during a volatile session, with a late volume burst pushing price back toward resistance that has capped rallies for weeks.
Crypto for Advisors: Stablecoins: finance's new rails

Stablecoins are moving beyond crypto into real-world finance, becoming vital B2B cross-border payment and treasury infrastructure, valued for efficiency, speed and regulatory compliance.
Kraken to replace LayerZero with Chainlink to bridge assets across blockchains

The decision sees a total of over $3 billion in total value locked migrating after a $292 million LayerZero-powered bridge exploit involving Kelp.
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CME dives further into $85 trillion digital assets market with Nasdaq CME Crypto Index futures

A CME group executive said the demand grew with average daily trading volume in his firms’ suite increasing by 43% year-to date.
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Clarity Act clears U.S. Senate committee, on its way to a final test in Congress

After a bipartisan approval in the Senate Banking Committee, the crypto market structure bill now advances to a final overhaul aimed at Senate and House passage.
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Cerebras shares skyrocket 100% after $5.5B IPO amid AI stock frenzy

The AI infrastructure company began trading Thursday as investors continue pouring capital into artificial intelligence stocks.
Bitcoin hits $82,000, Coinbase leads crypto stock gains as Clarity act advances

The upbeat public debut of AI chipmaker Cerebras is also helping to lift both crypto and traditional markets.
Here is why Wall Street is racing to tokenize the entire stock market

Tokenization has been the narrative of 2026. Executing on that narrative is trickier, but proponents say the benefits are massive if they pull it off.
XRP, DOGE surge 5%, bitcoin above $81,000 as CLARITY Act clears Senate banking panel

Crypto majors bid higher Friday after the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act cleared the Senate Banking Committee in a 15-9 bipartisan vote, with XRP and dogecoin leading the cohort even as broader risk assets sold off on Trump's comments that the US does not need to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The two- and ten-year Treasury yields hit a 12-month high. Bitcoin is still stuck below its 200-day average.

Rising yields may act as a headwind for assets like bitcoin and gold while potentially benefiting tokenized Treasury markets.
Lawyer behind Arbitrum crypto seizure fight now targets Tether for $344 million

Charles Gerstein wants a federal judge to order Tether to transfer OFAC-frozen USDT tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to victims holding unpaid terrorism judgments
Cardano whales now hold 67% of ADA supply in highest share since 2020

Wallets holding at least one million ADA now control 25.09 billion tokens, the highest share since July 2020, even as Cardano's TVL has bled to $137 million from a December 2024 peak of $686 million, per Santiment and DefiLlama data.
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CLARITY will strengthen dollar stablecoins, but Asia wins on yield: HashKey Research

HashKey says U.S. regulatory clarity may unlock institutional adoption of crypto and reinforce USD stablecoins globally, though stricter yield rules could push capital toward Asian markets offering higher returns.
Strategy’s STRC stock logs record $1.5 billion trading volume, funds 11,707 bitcoin purchase

Heavy trading volume ahead of the ex-dividend date pushed STRC to its busiest session on record.
IREN closes $3 billion convertible notes deal amid AI infrastructure expansion

Bitcoin miner turned AI infrastructure operator secures one of the sector’s largest financings as investor demand drives multiple upsizes.
Thorchain halts trading after $10 million cross-chain exploit, RUNE token drops 12%

The cross-chain liquidity protocol paused all trading and signing on Friday after an attacker drained roughly $10.8 million across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BSC, and Base.
Hyperliquid leads 24-hour gains as altcoins pace bitcoin

HYPE’s surge is being fueled by Bitwise’s new spot Hyperliquid ETF and Coinbase’s expanded role as Hyperliquid’s official USDC treasury deployer.
Wall Street is starting to notice one of crypto’s smartest AI bets

A growing spotlight on Nof1’s Alpha Arena suggests SUI Group and Karatage may have gotten early to one of the most important experiments in finance: teaching AI how to trade in real markets.
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OKX, Korea Investment and Securities said to be in talks for 40% of Coinone

OKX's planned move into the South Korean market would echo that of Binance, which completed its acquisition of Seoul-based Gopax last year.
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