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Bitcoin pulls back to as low as $81,000 as horrendous day continues
The world's largest cryptocurrency has shed nearly $10,000 over the past 24 hours, now threatening to take out its recent November low just under $81,000.

U.S. SEC, CFTC chiefs push united front on paving the way for crypto
With Commodity Futures Trading Commission head Mike Selig new in the role, the agencies held a "harmonization" event to show they're side-by-side.

SEC chair says 'time is right' for pension funds to include crypto, CFTC head says digital assets set to flourish
SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC Chair Mike Selig said they are working with the Senate to get a crypto market structure bill over the line.

Crypto bill clears U.S. Senate milestone despite Democrat opposition
The market structure legislation for the first time advanced beyond a committee, setting up the next steps that could end with a vote of the overall chamber.

Live blog: Senate Agriculture Committee advances crypto market structure bill
The Senate Agriculture Committee held a markup hearing on crypto market structure legislation.

World token jumps 27% as Sam Altman reportedly eyes a biometric social network to kill off bots
The WLD token surged after Forbes reported that Sam Altman's OpenAI is planning to use Worldcoin to fight bots online.

White House to meet with crypto, banking executives to discuss market structure bill
A vote on the legislation was delayed earlier this month after hitting resistance over how it proposes regulation regarding stablecoins.

Crypto's political power supercharged with $193 million in Fairshake, thanks to new cash
The industry's chief campaign-finance arm got another $49 million and already outpaces what it had in the last U.S. congressional races, when it aided dozens of wins.

MegaETH mainnet to go live Feb. 9 in major test of ‘real-time’ Ethereum scaling
This follows its October 2025 $450 million token sale that was heavily oversubscribed.

Wall Street giants push back on exemptions for tokenized securities in SEC meeting
Executives and industry groups pressed regulators to apply traditional securities rules to blockchain-based trading, pushing back on exemptions even as DeFi enters the debate.
