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Senate leaders push CLARITY Act passage before July 13 recess
Republican Senate leaders are racing to pass the CLARITY Act within a four-week window before July 13 recess, but President Trump's recent move to block another bill has cast doubt on the cryptocurrency regulation measure's future.
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Supreme Court overturns 91-year precedent, lets Trump fire SEC and CFTC commissioners
The Supreme Court's 6-3 decision to overturn a Franklin Delano Roosevelt-era rule allows President Trump and future presidents to fire federal agency commissioners at any time for almost any reason, reshaping crypto regulation as the Clarity Act faces a critical deadline.
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Bitcoin breaks below $60K, triggering wave of exchange deposits
Bitcoin's drop below $60,000 ended months of sideways trading and sent over 550,000 BTC to major exchanges, marking the largest inflow of the year as traders increase downside hedges.
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Strategy Inc. Boosts USD Reserves to $2.55B, Covering 17.4 Months of Obligations
Strategy Inc. added $1.15 billion to its USD cash reserves, bringing total liquidity to $2.55 billion to cover dividend and debt payments. The move reflects the company's challenge of balancing 845,000 BTC holdings with regular financial obligations.
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Galaxy Cuts CLARITY Act 2026 Passage Odds to 50%
Galaxy Digital cut its odds of the CLARITY Act passing in 2026 to 50%, citing a shrinking Senate calendar and competing legislative priorities before the August recess. The digital asset firm has downgraded its forecast twice since May as Democrats demand ethics provisions targeting Trump's crypto ventures.
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XRP Ledger Tests Native Lending Protocol for Institutional Credit
Ripple announced developers can now test the XRPL Lending Protocol, a dual upgrade designed to bring institutional-grade lending infrastructure directly to the XRP Ledger. The system separates underwriting from on-chain execution, positioning it as the missing piece for Wall Street adoption.
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Alphabet joins Dow as shares rise 4% amid AI infrastructure costs
Alphabet replaced Verizon in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday as shares gained 4%, marking a symbolic milestone for the tech giant. However, the company faces escalating capital spending, talent attrition, and GPU capacity constraints as it races to compete in AI.
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California Deploys Claude AI Across State Agencies at 50% Discount
California struck a first-of-its-kind agreement with Anthropic to deploy Claude across state government, providing agencies and local governments access at 50% off with free training and technical support from Anthropic developers.
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Aave token rallies 13% as institutional investors embrace DeFi-as-infrastructure model
AAVE token surged 13.16% to $94.32 on June 27 as major financial players and governance moves reframe the protocol as DAO-owned financial infrastructure rather than a traditional crypto project, signaling institutional appetite for decentralized lending economics.
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MicroStrategy's Bitcoin Treasury Strategy Reshapes Corporate Reserves
Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, has become one of the most important institutions in cryptocurrency by adopting Bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve asset and pioneering a model other public companies now follow.
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J.P. Morgan Expands Kinexys to Eight Currencies Across Asia-Pacific
J.P. Morgan added five Asia-Pacific currencies to its Kinexys blockchain settlement network, enabling institutional clients to move funds and manage foreign exchange 24/7 without relying on traditional banking hours or cryptocurrency infrastructure.
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BNY Mellon adds USDC custody and minting for institutional clients
The world's largest custody bank is expanding stablecoin infrastructure, offering clients the ability to hold and mint Circle's USDC as digital assets move deeper into traditional finance.
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US IPOs hit record $251B at midyear, led by SpaceX's $86.2B listing
US IPO and share issuance activity reached $251 billion in the first half of 2026, with SpaceX's $86.2 billion listing accounting for more than a third of the total and shattering the previous record by over three times.
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DFDV severs UK entity ties, refocuses on Solana treasury strategy
DeFi Development Corp. (DFDV) ended its relationship with UK subsidiary DeFi Development Corporation UK PLC, effective June 29, 2026, eliminating operational overlap and clarifying its focus on Solana accumulation. DFDV shares climbed 4.16% on the announcement.
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Meta restricts engineers from Claude Code and Codex to protect training data
Meta has restricted its engineers from using Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex, citing concerns over exposure of proprietary AI training data and internal codebases to external servers.
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Strategy completes $1.5B convertible notes buyback, cuts debt
Strategy repurchased $1.5 billion of convertible notes at an 8% discount, paying $1.38 billion in cash and cutting total outstanding convertible debt from $8.2 billion to $6.7 billion without liquidating its Bitcoin holdings.
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AI Security Firm Sued for Hallucinated cURL Vulnerability Reports
A lawsuit highlights how AI-generated false security reports can damage companies financially and reputationally. The case underscores growing concerns about AI hallucinations in critical infrastructure vulnerability scanning.
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Vitalik Buterin: Crypto's Most Powerful Idea Remains "Nowhere Near Ready"
Ethereum's co-founder published a deep technical series on indistinguishability obfuscation, calling it the most powerful idea in cryptography but acknowledging current implementations run at "galactic" speeds—far too slow for production use.
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Bitcoin Positioned for Recovery as Dollar, Yield Crowding Peaks
Bitcoin remains pinned near $60,000 as ETF outflows hit record levels and the dollar strengthens, but extreme bullish positioning in currency and rate markets suggests a potential reversal that could benefit crypto.
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Germany leads EU MiCA crypto licensing with 57 providers ahead of July 1
Germany has secured 57 MiCA-authorized crypto-asset service providers—about 23% of 244 total licenses across the EU and EEA—ahead of the July 1 regulatory deadline, with France and the Netherlands also among top hubs despite fragmented national implementation.
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Soitec partners with ZenSemi to scale power chips for AI and EVs
French semiconductor materials company Soitec has partnered with Chinese specialty foundry ZenSemi to ramp production of BCD-on-SOI substrates for power management chips targeting AI datacenters, electric vehicles, and industrial systems.
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MiCA Deadline Forces 3,000+ European Crypto Firms to Shut Down or Comply
As Europe's transitional MiCA licensing period ends July 1, over 3,000 pre-licensed crypto firms must shut down or comply with new rules. Only 244 firms have secured MiCA authorization so far, with compliance costs reaching into millions.
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Kiwoom Securities pursues Bithumb stake as Korean brokerages race into crypto
South Korean brokerage Kiwoom Securities is in talks to acquire a stake in Bithumb as major financial firms rush to secure positions in crypto exchanges ahead of the FSC's July regulatory reforms.
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MiCA Transition Ends in Europe as Binance Exits, Robinhood Teases Products
Europe's crypto market enters a new era as the MiCA framework's transitional period expires in July, forcing Binance out and triggering a competitive scramble among exchanges. Meanwhile, Robinhood teases new products and U.S. economic data looms large for markets.