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House Holds CLARITY Act Hearing as Senate Vote Odds Drop to 43%
The House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Digital Assets is holding a field hearing in New York City today on the CLARITY Act, the most consequential piece of crypto legislation currently pending in Congress. The hearing begins at 10 a.m. ET at Federal Hall National Memorial and arrives at a critical juncture: lawmakers must secure...
Bitcoin Down 1.11% as Fed Hawkishness, Mt. Gox Overhang Weigh
Bitcoin has declined 1.11% on July 17 as Federal Reserve officials signal renewed hawkishness on inflation, while on-chain data reveals intensifying activity in Mt. Gox wallets ahead of anticipated creditor distributions of approximately 142,000 BTC. The convergence of macroeconomic headwinds and the looming specter of massive coin releases has punctured this week’s relief rally, leaving...
Here’s What Happened in Crypto Today
Crypto markets surged on softer-than-expected inflation data that sent Federal Reserve rate-hike odds plummeting, with Bitcoin and Ethereum posting significant gains alongside a landmark moment for tokenized securities. The optimism was tempered, however, by on-chain weakness indicators and a fresh security incident at a DeFi perpetuals platform that drained $11.86 million in an oracle exploit....
Morgan Stanley E*Trade Launches Crypto Spot Trading at 50bps
Morgan Stanley’s E*Trade platform has completed a historic rollout of spot crypto trading to its 8.6 million customers, marking a watershed moment for institutional finance’s embrace of digital assets. The move delivers Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana trading directly within a traditional brokerage ecosystem, undercutting competitors on fees and signaling intensifying institutional competition in the retail...
Ostium DeFi Perpetuals Exchange Loses $11.86M in Oracle Exploit
Ostium, a perpetuals exchange for real-world assets backed by General Catalyst and Jump Crypto, lost $11.86 million in USDC from its Arbitrum trading contracts on July 15, 2026, after an attacker exploited a vulnerability in the platform’s price oracle system. The exploit exposed a critical gap in how off-chain price data is validated on-chain, marking...
Crypto Rallies as Fed Rate-Hike Odds Collapse on Soft Inflation Data
U.S. inflation data released over the past 48 hours has dramatically shifted Federal Reserve rate-hike expectations downward, triggering a sharp crypto market rally that pushed Bitcoin above $64,800 and Ethereum to $1,890. The softer-than-expected Producer Price Index on July 16 followed a cooler-than-forecast Consumer Price Index report on July 14, together signaling that monetary tightening...
DTCC Completes First Live Tokenized Securities Trades With 40+ Firms
The Depository Trust Company completed its first live tokenized securities trades on July 15, 2026, processing transactions across stocks, ETFs, and U.S. Treasuries with over 40 participating firms including JPMorgan and BlackRock. This milestone represents the first production deployment of blockchain-based settlement for traditional financial assets through one of the world’s most systemically important financial...
Bitcoin Ethereum Surge on Softer CPI; On-Chain Weakness Signals Caution
Bitcoin and Ethereum surged sharply on July 15 following softer-than-expected U.S. inflation data, with Ethereum significantly outperforming Bitcoin despite on-chain metrics revealing thin liquidity and weak network participation supporting the rally. The price spike marked the most significant overnight move in recent weeks, but underlying data suggests conviction remains fragile as geopolitical tensions persist. The...
Here’s What Happened in Crypto Today
Geopolitical tensions erased earlier gains from benign inflation data as Bitcoin and Ethereum retreated despite June’s CPI collapse to 3.5%. Meanwhile, regulatory clarity emerged from the SEC with a new framework for token offerings, while Japan signaled major shifts in crypto taxation and spot Bitcoin ETF approvals set for 2027. Macro Whipsaw: Inflation Relief Overwhelmed...
Japan Cuts Crypto Taxes to 20%, Approves Bitcoin ETFs for 2027
Japan’s parliament has approved landmark legislation that will cut cryptocurrency taxes from as high as 55% to a flat 20% and create the legal framework for Bitcoin spot ETFs—a regulatory milestone the United States has failed to achieve despite years of effort. The House of Councillors passed amendments to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act...
Binance XRP Reserves Hit 5-Month Low as Selling Pressure Persists
Binance’s XRP reserves have fallen to 2.61 billion tokens, the lowest level in five months, signaling persistent investor outflows from the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Despite the decline in readily available supply on the platform, XRP has failed to mount a sustained price recovery, suggesting that broader market dynamics rather than exchange reserve depletion are...
June CPI Collapse to 3.5% Sparks Bitcoin Rally Above $65K
U.S. inflation fell sharply to 3.5% year-over-year in June, smashing economist expectations and triggering an immediate rally in risk assets including Bitcoin, which surged past $65,000. The Consumer Price Index declined 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis—the largest monthly drop since April 2020—marking a significant cooling in price pressures that has dramatically reduced the probability...