Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP Face Selling Pressure After Senate CLARITY Act Vote Fails Major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and XRP came under fresh selling pressure Thursday after the U.S. Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act, a key piece of digital-asset market structure legislation. Senate Procedural Vote Falls Short of 60-Vote Threshold A procedural ...
CLARITY Act Stalls in Senate, Putting Spotlight on SEC and CFTC Crypto Authority The CLARITY Act failed to advance in the Senate on September 15, 2026, dealing a blow to legislative efforts aimed at establishing a structured regulatory framework for digital assets. The setback was highlighted by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, who expressed disappointment while ...
Crypto Derivatives Face Uncertainty After Clarity Act Failure The collapse of the Clarity Act has triggered significant concern across the cryptocurrency derivatives market, with sophisticated investors warning that regulatory ambiguity may drive institutional capital away from speculative trading products. Market Reaction: Volumes Vanish Amid Regulatory Void Trading activity has ground to a near halt. According ...
Bitcoin Demonstrates Resilience Amid SEC and CFTC Regulatory Developments Bitcoin continues to showcase remarkable stability despite ongoing regulatory uncertainty in the cryptocurrency sector. According to crypto commentator @BitGo, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) are moving to establish a regulatory framework “due to a lack of progress on Clarity.” ...
Lighter ($LIT) Stages Trend Reversal, Surging 11% on Volume Spike and CLARITY Act Optimism Lighter ($LIT) appears to have found a local bottom after five consecutive days of declines, touching a low of $4.00 before mounting a sharp recovery. The altcoin surged 11% to a local high of $4.68 before settling near $4.55 at the ...
CFTC Opens Three Insider Trading Investigations Into Polymarket The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has launched at least three previously unreported investigations into suspected insider trading on the prediction market platform Polymarket, according to a report from WIRED. The probes target event contracts tied to presidential pardons issued by former President Joe Biden, Iran-related geopolitical outcomes, ...
Nasdaq Invests $100 Million in Kraken Parent Payward as Always-On Markets Push Tests Regulatory Boundaries Nasdaq’s venture arm has agreed to invest $100 million in Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, marking a significant convergence between traditional exchange infrastructure and digital-asset venues. Announced Sept. 10, the deal includes Payward’s adoption of Nasdaq surveillance ...
Crypto Banter founder Ran Neuner has identified regulatory uncertainty as the primary risk facing Hyperliquid, warning that decentralized exchanges could soon encounter intensified government scrutiny. Speaking on Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction podcast, Neuner explained that regulators have begun establishing frameworks for centralized crypto platforms and predicted that decentralized venues would be the next target. Regulatory Timeline: ...
World, a prediction market protocol built on Solana, has formally launched its standalone platform to more than one million users from its waitlist. The rollout moves the service out of its preliminary phase inside the Phantom wallet, where it had operated since July 2026, and onto a dedicated web interface. Market Catalog Exceeds 150,000 Contracts ...