June 17, 2026
Bitcoin

CLARITY Act News: Fresh Draft Is Out – What Next for Crypto?

In CLARITY Act news today, the Senate Banking Committee released the final draft text of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on May 12, 2026, just two days before a scheduled May 14 committee markup, and for the first time, crypto investors can see precisely what rules Washington wants to impose on the exchanges, stablecoins,

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Why the copper-to-gold breakout could point to bitcoin (BTC) breakout

The copper-to-gold ratio has broken above its 200-day moving average for the first meaningful time since September 2020, a development that has historically coincided with the early stages of bitcoin BTC$80,181.26 bull markets. The ratio currently stands at 0.00142, with copper trading at $6.65 per pound and gold near $4,700 per ounce. Previous surges in

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Senate Confirms Bitcoin-Friendly Kevin Warsh To Fed Board, Clearing Path To Chairmanship

President Donald Trump’s push to install Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve moved closer to completion Tuesday after the Senate confirmed him to the Fed’s Board of Governors, a step that clears the path for a final vote on the chairmanship later this week. The Senate approved Warsh in a 51-45

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Seller Exhaustion in a ‘Ghost Town’ Derivatives Market

Despite the dual shocks of the “Black Saturday” geopolitical escalation in Iran two weeks ago, combined with a disappointing United States Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) print showing the loss of 92,000 jobs, the $60,000–$64,000 floor for bitcoin has demonstrated unexpected resilience. Oil prices moving nearly 80 percent higher since then will likely play a role in

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CLARITY Act News: Long Awaited 309-Page Text Drops Tonight: What Next?

In CLARITY Act news today, the US Senate Banking Committee released the full 309-page text of the CLARITY Act just after midnight on May 11, 2026, ahead of a Thursday committee hearing, and for the first time, stablecoin holders can see exactly what rules Washington wants to impose on the coins they use daily. The

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Bitcoin back above $81,000 after hot CPI print, BNB, DOGE lead majors gains

Bitcoin BTC$81,199.33 shrugged off the inflation scare almost as quickly as the print landed. The largest cryptocurrency dropped to $79,879 in late U.S. hours Tuesday after the April Consumer Price Index came in at 3.8% year-over-year, hotter than economists had estimated, with gasoline prices doing most of the lift since the Iran war began. BTC

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What’s Really At Stake In The Market Structure Debate: The BRCA

If you’ve been following the headlines lately, you could easily be forgiven for thinking that the fight over stablecoin yields is the only sticking point holding the United States back from the crypto industry’s long awaited comprehensive market structure legislation. But sadly, you’d be wrong. For months now, the headlines have fixated on a genuine

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From Private to Inclusive Markets: How Tokenisation Is Driving Real Change in Global Investment Opportunities

This article was originally published in Alternative Investor. Private markets have long been the lifeblood of growth-stage and mid-size businesses looking to scale. Private equity alone saw $2.6 trillion in deal value globally in 2025, up by almost a fifth on the year before.  Yet while private markets are seeing a resurgence, their infrastructure still

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Solana Activates Alpenglow Upgrade: What It Means for SOL

The Solana Alpenglow upgrade went live on a community validator test cluster on May 11, 2026, moving the network’s most ambitious consensus overhaul one step closer to mainnet. Anza, the development firm driving the change, called it “the biggest consensus change in Solana’s history.” That is not marketing copy; it is a technically accurate description

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Foundation unveils new ‘Clear Signing’ standard to stop users from approving malicious crypto transactions

The Ethereum Foundation and a group of major crypto wallet developers are rolling out a new security standard designed to stop users from accidentally signing away their funds, a problem that has fueled some of the industry’s biggest hacks and scams. The initiative, called “Clear Signing,” aims to replace the confusing walls of code users

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