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      <title>US Senate to vote on advancing CLARITY Act in September after Thune files cloture</title>
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      <title>Bitcoin will never fall below $60K again: Nansen founder</title>
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      <title>Domestic stablecoins could boost demand for dollar-backed tokens: IMF</title>
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      <title>Here’s what happened in crypto today</title>
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      <title>Circle expands USDC to OKX ecosystem with X Layer launch</title>
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      <title>Reform UK chair calls for probe into SBF-linked donation: Report</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Bitcoin price tags $65.3K August high as low US jobs numbers cool Fed rate bets</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Crypto Biz: Crypto’s biggest business is starting to look a lot like banking</title>
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      <title>Fierce backlash to Ethereum’s EIP-8363 staking proposal</title>
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      <title>Bitcoiners turn to dice throws as self-custody setups are re-evaluated</title>
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      <title>Russia cracks down on 9 crypto exchanges in Moscow City</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>CEX perpetual futures volume falls to $4T, lowest since late 2023</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Binance Bitcoin volume ratio hits record as futures outweigh spot eight times over</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>CleanSpark misses Wall Street revenue estimates as shares sink</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-ai-is-now-paying-bitcoin-miners-more-than-mining-cleanspark-1.jpg" alt="CleanSpark misses Wall Street revenue estimates as shares sink" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>CleanSpark’s shares fell 5.5% on Thursday after the Bitcoin miner reported $138 million in quarterly revenue, narrowly missing Wall Street’s consensus estimate.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Stripe-owned Bridge joins EU MiCA register after Luxembourg approval</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-how-to-read-a-stablecoin-attestation-report-eu-mica.jpg" alt="Stripe-owned Bridge joins EU MiCA register after Luxembourg approval" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Stripe-owned Bridge has entered the EU MiCA register following Luxembourg approval, joining regulated providers under the bloc’s crypto framework.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator>Cointelegraph by Helen Partz</dc:creator>
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      <title>CLARITY Act delay gives Asian financial hubs an opening: First Digital CEO</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Coldcard exploit pushes July losses to $247M as second-worst month of 2026</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-8-most-common-cyberattacks-and-how-to-prevent-them.jpg" alt="Coldcard exploit pushes July losses to $247M as second-worst month of 2026" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>The Coldcard exploit, which caused more than $100 million in losses, helped push July crypto thefts to $247 million, making it the second-worst month of 2026.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator>Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai</dc:creator>
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      <title>Japan FSA asks crypto exchanges to impose withdrawal delays to fight scams</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 05:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Proposed CLARITY ethics deal could save Trump millions in taxes: Bloomberg</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 05:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Cointelegraph by Felix Ng</dc:creator>
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      <title>Bitget explores licensed crypto presence in Bhutan</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>US Senate pushes CLARITY Act vote to September</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-crypto-industry-civil-war.jpg" alt="US Senate pushes CLARITY Act vote to September" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune confirmed that the chamber was “punting” the vote until September.</p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Bitcoin ETF inflows surge after Coldcard hack, but link is unclear: Bloomberg analyst</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
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