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The Senate Banking Committee opened a historic markup Thursday morning on H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, moving the most sweeping attempt at federal cryptocurrency regulation in American history toward a committee vote.  The session — defined by sharp partisan exchanges, procedural disputes, and targeted Republican courtship of crossover Democrats — … Read more

Ledger has put plans for a U.S. initial public offering on hold as crypto market conditions weigh on investor demand for new listings, according to people with knowledge of the matter, according to a report from CoinDesk.  The Paris-based hardware wallet maker has not filed a draft S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and … Read more

Charles Schwab has begun rolling out spot bitcoin trading to retail clients in the United States, marking a major expansion of crypto access through one of the country’s largest brokerage firms. The company announced Tuesday that an initial group of eligible customers can now trade bitcoin through its new platform, Schwab Crypto. The launch gives … Read more

Blockchain security firm Blockaid has introduced Risk Exposure, a real-time compliance infrastructure suite built for institutions that now operate inside crypto and decentralized finance but still answer to regulators. The launch extends Blockaid’s platform beyond scam and exploit prevention into what the company calls programmable, real-time compliance for institutional onchain finance, a category it argues … Read more

Senate Banking Committee members have filed more than 100 proposed amendments to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, according to Politico reporting. The panel is set to convene on Thursday for a long-awaited markup vote that crypto and industry leaders say could reshape digital asset regulation in the United States. The committee scheduled its executive … Read more

Bitcoin Suisse (International) Ltd., an affiliate of the Switzerland-based Bitcoin Suisse Group, has obtained dual regulatory approvals from the Bermuda Monetary Authority, according to a note shared with Bitcoin Magazine.  The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) granted the entity a Class F license under Bermuda’s Digital Asset Business Act (DABA) and a Class B registration under … Read more

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve in the most divisive confirmation vote in the central bank’s modern history, handing President Donald Trump a landmark win just as fresh inflation data clouds the path to the interest rate cuts he has loudly demanded. The chamber voted 54–45 … Read more

A long-stalled crypto market structure bill is moving through Congress with new momentum — and Coinbase’s top executive says it could reshape the American financial system. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong declared his company’s support for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on Wednesday, calling the legislation a “true compromise” that balances the demands of the … Read more

None of us can see the future. We don’t know what 2036 will bring.  We all like to tell ourselves that we can, or do, and maybe we do actually see small pieces of it coming before we catch up to them, but none of us see the whole picture. That’s, at the end of … Read more

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 … Read more