Democrats 'Move the Goalposts' on Clarity Act Hours Before Key Senate Vote - Decrypt
Good morning from Washington, D.C., where later today the Clarity Act will face its first big test on the Senate floor.
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Bitcoin Sinks as the Senate's Clarity Act Showdown Looms - Decrypt
Bitcoin picked a bad day to test lower levels. Then again, so did everything else.
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Banks Want More: Trade Groups Demand Stricter Stablecoin Limits in Clarity Act - Decrypt
Eight banking trade groups urged Senate leaders Monday to tighten the Clarity Act’s stablecoin rewards restrictions, arguing that exceptions in the bill could allow interest-like payments that draw deposits away from ba…
Strategy Buys Back $139 Million of STRC, Bitcoin Stack Frozen for Second Week - Decrypt
Strategy repurchased 1,420,467 shares of its STRC preferred stock for $139.3 million in the week to September 13, according to an 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday.
Why Trump Backed Tougher Ethics Rules in Clarity Act, and Why the Crypto Industry Thinks It Can Pass - Decrypt
A renewed sense of optimism is sweeping through the crypto industry as it heads into one of its most consequential policy weeks on record.
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Morning Minute: Clarity Act Odds Soar as Trump Agrees to Ethics Provisions - Decrypt
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. And check out our daily news show 'FOMO HOUR' covering all o…
Blockstream Refuses Ransom for Return of $47M in Bitcoin from Liquid Hack: 'It Is Theft' - Decrypt
Blockstream said it will not "pay a ransom" for the return of about 598.5 BTC still held after the Liquid exploit.
Blockstream Refuses Ransom for Return of $47M in Bitcoin from Liquid Hack: 'It Is Theft' - Decrypt
Blockstream said it will not "pay a ransom" for the return of about 598.5 BTC still held after the Liquid exploit.
Morning Minute: AI Agents Cut BTC Quantum Attack Benchmark by 86% - Decrypt
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. And check out our daily news show 'FOMO HOUR' covering all o…
Albuquerque Bans Bitcoin ATMs, Giving Operators 45 Days to Remove Them - Decrypt
Albuquerque has banned cryptocurrency ATMs within city limits, with an ordinance passed by the city council on Wednesday that also covers cashier-facilitated virtual currency transactions.
AI Agents Just Slashed the Cost of a Quantum Attack on Bitcoin - Decrypt
Researchers working with AI coding agents reduced a resource benchmark for a key step in a potential quantum attack on the cryptography protecting Bitcoin and Ethereum by 86%, according to a paper posted Wednesday.
Bitcoin Rally Cools, But a Golden Cross Is Coming - Decrypt
Bitcoin fell 1.22% today to $77,323, unable to extend last week's push above $80,000 as broader markets sold off on inflation fears.
Morning Minute: Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP Crashes - Decrypt
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Jack Dorsey's Block Applies for Bank Charter to Custody Bitcoin
Block has applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national trust bank charter, the payments company behind Square and Cash App said on Tuesday.
'Purported White-Hat Hackers' Withdraw $320M in Bitcoin From Liquid - Decrypt
Liquid disabled its bridge nodes on Sunday after about 4,000 BTC left the federation wallet that backs L-BTC.