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A sweeping cryptocurrency bill is approaching a final vote in the Senate this summer, with support from Republicans and some Democrats — and backed by an industry that has spent tens of millions of dollars to shape it. But lately a major sticking point has emerged: the $1.4 billion in crypto revenue that President Trump disclosed in June, after a year of ...

Penn State football joins the blockchain this season, as the Nittany Lions are part of a new college rollout selling fan tokens, which are a form of cryptocurrency. Penn State is one of five major colleges that will sell digital assets offering fans access to "exclusive experiences" and "unique benefits," according to a news release announcing the ...

Tesla has confirmed that it has not sold any of its Bitcoin holdings in 2026, maintaining its corporate treasury position through the second quarter despite continued volatility in the cryptocurrency market. The electric vehicle manufacturer disclosed in its latest quarterly earnings report that it still holds 11,509 BTC, the same amount reported at the end ...

A proposed ethics restriction in the Senate’s latest CLARITY Act draft would automatically expire at noon on January 20, 2029—the exact moment President Donald Trump’s current term is scheduled to end. The sunset clause has become a new source of controversy around the cryptocurrency market structure bill, with Democratic lawmakers and ethics advocates ...

Crypto-focused asset manager Grayscale said that Bitcoin’s price may have bottomed earlier than the traditional four-year cycle, which would imply a cycle low in September or October. Grayscale’s head of research, Zach Pandl, argued that Bitcoin (BTC) has “grown up” as an asset and is increasingly driven by macroeconomic factors. “If the Fed forgoes rate ...

In the week ending July 18, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 187,000, a decrease of 22,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 208,000 to 209,000. The 4-week moving average was 207,500, a decrease of 7,250 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's ...

Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX said on Thursday that it will shut down its operations, effective September 23, and said that users' assets remained safe and under their control. The owner and operator of BitMEX, HDR Global Trading, made the decision as part of a ​strategic review of the business, the exchange said in a post on X. BitMEX also urged users to ...

Dave Hunter has earned the right to be taken seriously on Bitcoin. The contrarian analyst correctly predicted Bitcoin's slide from $100,000 down to $75,000 when most of the market was still expecting new highs. His latest call, shared in an interview, is that the asset could fall further still, potentially down to $50,000 from current levels. Bitcoin is ...

Senate Republicans released an updated version of the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act on Wednesday following briefing calls with stakeholders. The update adds a package of ethics restrictions targeting digital asset activities by public officials and their spouses. The revised legislation comes after negotiations between the White House and Republican ...

As reported by CoinDesk, seven Democratic senators say the Republican-proposed text of the Clarity Act in its current form does not go far enough on ethics and several other provisions. Senators Angela Alsobrooks, Cory Booker, Catherine Cortez Masto, Ruben Gallego, John Hickenlooper, Mark Warner and Raphael Warnock say in a joint statement that they remain ...