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SEC and CFTC actions, state policy, ETFs, startups, and nationwide crypto market trends.

clarity act stablecoin rewards section 404

Will crypto rewards survive upcoming CLARITY law? A plain-English guide to Section 404

Under Section 404, the same stablecoin reward can look lawful or risky depending on whether it is framed as interest, a perk, a rebate, or a loyalty benefit.

5 days ago

Complaint drop box with a federal seal on a fence near the US Capitol at dusk, symbolizing expanded CFTC spot oversight and a new retail crypto complaint pipeline

Regulation

Government plan to stop failing crypto exchanges delaying withdrawals and weaponize complaints

Inside the structure bill that would create a retail advocate inside the CFTC and fund spot oversight through fees backed by a $150 million bridge.

6 days ago

A Bitcoin coin acting as a pendulum refracts a beam of light through glass prisms on a desk, symbolizing how BTC reacts first to shifting real yields amid noisy PCE inflation data

Macro

Altered inflation data exposes a risk that leaves Bitcoin stuck in a high-stakes waiting game

When the data itself is the issue, yields matter more than the headline, and Bitcoin follows.

6 days ago

A balance scale weighs a British pound coin against a US dollar under a magnifying lens, illustrating FX parity confusion and why £1 still buys more than $1

Culture

Why does £1 still buy more than $1? A crypto native guide to the least intuitive chart on Earth

Parity is the target. Why the British Pound could finally collapse against the US dollar after this inflation spike.

6 days ago

Bitcoin coin on cracked pavement faces towering stacks of US dollar cash near the Capitol and flag, showing crypto’s reserve hopes colliding with $30T Treasurys and misdirected retail bets

Adoption

The dollar stays king until 2046 crushing Bitcoin dreams with $13 trillion of IMF data

While institutional adoption is exploding, the cold reality of global central bank reserves tells a much darker story.

7 days ago

racked concrete dam stamped with a Bitcoin symbol releases surging water into turbines, visualizing evaporating liquidity and a Wall Street feedback loop threatening gains

ETF

Over $1B in Bitcoin liquidity evaporated as the Wall Street feedback loop looks to wipe out gains

As major funds dump holdings, a thin order book means every dollar of selling is now significantly more destructive.

1 week ago

Bitcoin coins flow through a cracked stone channel beneath a government building, symbolizing ETF exposure seeping onto bank balance sheets beyond Fed stress models

Analysis

Bitcoin hits Federal Reserve’s 2026 stress tests, creating a massive capital risk for banks

With IBIT near $70B and G-SIB broker-dealers acting as authorized participants, margin and liquidity shocks get harder to dismiss.

1 week ago

A shattered miniature bridge over torn legislation on a desk, with the US Capitol blurred behind, symbolizing the collapse of bipartisan Senate crypto talks and stalled developer protections

Regulation

One government crypto alliance just imploded, leaving these high-stakes developer protections in limbo

John Boozman’s updated draft quietly pulls ‘meme coins’ into CFTC turf... unless regulators carve them out later.

1 week ago

A burning Bitcoin flare stands in a cracked, snow-covered runway as planes loom in the background, symbolizing Bitcoin as a last lifeline amid doubts over the US-led world order

Politics

Why Bitcoin is now the only lifeline as Canada’s PM says the US world order is imaginary

When your bank account becomes a tool of geopolitical coercion, the "rupture" at Davos changes everything you know about financial safety.

1 week ago

Industrial finance machine drains liquid into a tray holding an envelope, symbolizing NYSE’s hidden blockchain paying dividends via stablecoins behind closed doors

TradFi

Why Wall Street is overhauling stock dividends with crypto

NYSE is moving to "continuous" settlement, leaving traditional banking hours in the dust forever.

1 week ago

Industrial press stamping Bitcoin-branded securities beside a BlackRock nameplate, illustrating how a $14B preferred ETF channels bitcoin funding into income markets.

Adoption

Michael Saylor just crossed 700k BTC but his “circular” Bitcoin funding loop risks a massive high-yield credit disaster

With its Bitcoin-backed preferred stock, Strategy attracts income tourists, including high-profile institutional investors like BlackRock.

1 week ago

Frosted thermometer beside a steaming Bitcoin coin amid fertilizer pellets in a cold warehouse, symbolizing a 17% fertilizer surge that risks reversing cooling inflation signals

Macro

Why Bitcoin investors needs to worry about a huge fertilizer price surge that threatens to blow up the inflation narrative

Bitcoin stability is under threat as a diverging "protein stress ratio" reveals hidden economic risks most experts are missing.

2 weeks ago