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CLARITY Act Gains Momentum as SEC, CFTC Align and Senate Advances Crypto Rules U.S. lawmakers and regulators are ramping up the push for a clearer crypto rulebook as the Senate advances market-structure legislation and the SEC signals deeper coordination with the CFTC ahead of potential reforms. According to reports, the White House is backing the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (H.R. 3633), framing the move as an attempt to break the SEC–CFTC stalemate that has shaped crypto oversight for years. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Feb. 13 that Congress should pass CLARITY “this spring,” as the administration pushes for a clearer market structure for digital assets. House Passed CLARITY Act, Senate Is Next The CLARITY...

Russia May Block Foreign Crypto Exchanges This Summer as Domestic Rules Near Russia could begin restricting access to foreign cryptocurrency exchanges as early as this summer, according to a new RBC report, as lawmakers advance a domestic framework intended to move more crypto activity into regulated, onshore infrastructure. Interfax has separately reported that the legislative framework for regulating Russian crypto exchanges is expected to be prepared by July 1, 2026, a milestone that could set the stage for tougher enforcement against offshore venues once domestic options are ready. Crypto Exchanges Under the Microscope Officials have framed the crypto market as both large and undersupervised. Russia’s Finance Ministry estimates...

Key Takeaways Tax season is usually a bureaucratic ritual. This year, it may be a liquidity event. Wells Fargo strategists say roughly $150 billion in U.S. tax refunds is set to land in consumer bank accounts over the coming weeks — and history suggests some of that money could find its way into risk assets, including BTC. With Bitcoin hovering below $70,000 and sentiment wavering between cautious optimism and quiet capitulation, the prospect of fresh retail cash has reignited talk of a potential “YOLO” rally before the market fully accepts that winter has arrived. A $150 Billion Liquidity Wave According to Wells Fargo equity strategists led by Chief Equity Analyst Ohsung Kwon, more than 60% of this year’s tax refunds are expected...

- The Bitcoin price has traded almost flat over the past 24 hours, hovering near $67,600. However, 30-day losses tell a different story with the price dropping roughly 27% month-on-month. This sudden intraday pause might not signal recovery and could be a brief hold before the next leg down. One of the strongest holder groups is flashing aggressive distribution signals, with patterns matching historical setups that preceded sharp corrections. The danger is evident. Bear Flag Breakdown and Year-High Whale Ratio Point to Historic Pattern Bitcoin has already broken down from a bear flag pattern, which carried approximately 40% crash risk from the breakdown point. The pattern itself looks weak, but something much bigger appeared...

Oracle Error Leaves DeFi Lender Moonwell With $1.8 Million in Bad Debt A Sunday morning pricing glitch turned into a multimillion-dollar headache for the DeFi lending platform Moonwell, after a "misconfigured oracle" briefly valued Coinbase Wrapped ETH (cbETH) at just $1. The pricing error effected caused a 99.9% discount from the asset's actual market value of roughly $2,200. The error triggered a wave of liquidations, ultimately leaving the platform with approximately $1.78 million in bad debt. “Once identified, our risk manager @anthiasxyz moved quickly to reduce the cbETH borrow cap to 0.01 to contain further risk to the protocol,” Moonwell wrote on X on Monday. “The supply cap was also reduced to 0.01 to prevent new users from...

- Is Cipher Mining Inc. (CIFR) among the Best Bitcoin and Blockchain Stocks to Invest in? Cipher Mining Inc. (NASDAQ:CIFR) is among the 11 Best Bitcoin and Blockchain Stocks to Invest in. Cipher Mining Inc. (NASDAQ:CIFR) named Drew Armstrong as Head of Strategic Initiatives and Lee Bratcher as Head of Policy and Government Affairs on January 6, 2026. Bratcher provides industry experience in the Texas and federal energy regulatory sectors, having previously served as President and Founder of the Texas Blockchain Council. Armstrong joined the company after working as the Chairman, COO, and President of Cathedra Bitcoin. Separately, Morgan Stanley analyst Stephen Byrd commenced coverage of Cipher Mining Inc. (NASDAQ:CIFR) with an...

Forget Bitcoin and Ethereum: This is the Crypto to Buy in 2026 Bitcoin and Ethereum have dominated crypto headlines for years, but Bitcoin has declined 22.4% year-to-date in 2026, while Ethereum has dropped 33.4% over the same period. Both show signs of exhaustion after their 2025 rallies. Three alternative cryptocurrencies have experienced different price movements than Bitcoin and Ethereum: XRP's institutional payment infrastructure, Solana's unmatched transaction speed, and Avalanche's growing DeFi ecosystem. 5. Avalanche: The DeFi Specialist Trading at Deep Discounts Avalanche has carved out a niche as a high-performance blockchain optimized for decentralized finance applications. The network's subnet architecture allows...

Bitcoin's Divergence From Nasdaq Is a Warning on Dollar Liquidity: Arthur Hayes Bitcoin is signaling a warning that traditional equities have yet to acknowledge, according to BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes. The leading crypto has been on a downtrend since its October 2025 all-time high of $126,080, while the Nasdaq 100 Index has remained largely flat. That divergence is driven by job losses due to advances in artificial intelligence, Hayes argues, suggesting it signals an impending dollar credit crunch. "This is how a banking crisis completely grinds Pax Americana's economy to a halt," Hayes wrote in his Tuesday Substack post titled "This Is Fine," referring to the U.S.-led global financial system. Not everyone is convinced the...

Ki Young Ju Says Bitcoin May Need to Hit $55K Before True Recovery Begins Selling pressure overwhelms new capital inflows; institutional unwinding and the absence of buying interest define the current cycle. CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju has declared the current bitcoin market a definitive bear cycle, warning that a genuine recovery could take months and may require prices to fall further before a sustainable rebound materializes. Capital Inflows Failing to Move the Needle In an interview with a South Korean crypto outlet, Ju laid out a data-driven case for extended weakness. He pointed to a fundamental imbalance between capital inflows and selling pressure. He noted that past deep corrections have typically required at least three...

Have you noticed Bitcoin’s price suddenly nosedive right when the U.S. stock market opens? You aren’t imagining it. A growing number of traders are pointing fingers at trading giant Jane Street, accusing the firm of orchestrating a specific Bitcoin Manipulation strategy. With price action looking suspicious around 10:00 AM ET, the community is asking: Is this a natural correction, or is the market getting “slapped” by an institutional whale? What Is the ’10 AM Dump’ Theory Around Bitcoin Price? If you’re tired of watching your portfolio turn red just as you pour your morning coffee, you aren’t alone. The theory circulating on social media suggests that this isn’t random bad luck. Traders believe large entities are executing a...

Why Bitcoin Open Interest Has Seen Its Largest Decline in Almost 3 Years Risk is coming off fast in Bitcoin’s derivatives market. Total open interest has dropped to $44 billion from a peak above $94 billion in October 2025, a 55% decline and the steepest drawdown since April 2023, CoinGlass data shows. Rising open interest typically signals fresh capital flowing into derivatives markets and increasing trader conviction. Declines, by contrast, suggest traders are cutting leverage and stepping back from speculative bets. Experts attribute the risk-off mood to a number of catalysts, including a weaker U.S. dollar, foreign wars, a shaky Japanese bond market, and AI transformational risks to traditional tech company models. Following a...

Bridge has gained conditional approval to set up a national ‌trust bank from a top U.S. ‌financial regulator, the Stripe-owned stablecoin infrastructure provider said ​on Tuesday. Crypto giants, including Ripple and Circle, in December received preliminary approval to establish national trust banks, marking a significant step in ‌integrating digital assets ⁠into the regulated banking system. The preliminary approval by the Office of ⁠the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) "positions Bridge to help enterprises, fintechs, crypto businesses, and financial ​institutions build ​with digital dollars ​inside a clear ‌federal framework," it said. If Bridge receives final OCC approval, it will be authorized to offer businesses custody of...

Abu Dhabi-based investment funds grew their Bitcoin exposure to more than $1 billion in total at the conclusion of last year, new filings with the SEC show. Mubadala Investments and Al Warda Investments, which is connected to the Abu Dhabi Investment Council—itself a Mubadala company—collectively owned nearly 21 million shares of IBIT, the BlackRock spot Bitcoin ETF that provides direct exposure to crypto’s top asset. Based on values from the time of the report, Mubadala owned around $630 million in IBIT and Al Warda maintained a $408 million stake. In the case of Mubadala, the newest reported number—about 12.7 million shares of IBIT—showcases a jump of nearly 4 million shares of IBIT from the firm’s third-quarter 13-F filing, a...

- Everyone is Talking about the SaaSpocalypse, But Why Does it matter for Crypto? The term “SaaSpocalypse” is trending across financial markets, tech media, and investor circles. It refers to a sudden loss of confidence in software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies after the launch of advanced AI agents capable of automating tasks traditionally handled by enterprise software. The term became popular after Anthropic released its Claude Cowork AI platform in late January. Following its launch, nearly $300 billion in global software market value was erased. Stocks of major SaaS firms—including Salesforce, Workday, Atlassian, and ServiceNow—fell sharply as investors questioned whether AI agents could replace large parts of their business...

Bitcoin Price Prediction: 12-Year Trend Shattered Has Broken – Is “Quantum Computing” Secretly Killing Bitcoin? Bitcoin price just did something it hasn’t done in 12 years. It broke its long-term trend against gold. That line held through bull markets, crashes, bans, ETFs, everything. Now it is gone. And some analysts are not calling it random noise. They are pointing at something much bigger. Quantum computing. On-chain analyst Willy Woo argues that the breakdown aligns with rising awareness of quantum risk. The concern is simple but heavy. Bitcoin relies on ECDSA cryptography. In theory, a powerful enough quantum computer running the Shor algorithm could derive private keys from public ones. Not today. But possibly within 5 to 15...

Bitcoin Miner Bitdeer Overtakes MARA, Establishing Hash Rate Lead: JPMorgan Bitcoin miner Bitdeer has overtaken MARA in terms of self-mining hash rate among publicly traded companies, establishing itself as an industry leader within the past month, according to JPMorgan analysts. At 63.2 exahashes per second (EH/s), Bitdeer is now allocating more computational resources to Bitcoin’s network for itself than MARA, analysts noted. MARA last reported a self-mining hash rate of 60.4 EH/s. The shakeup follows what analysts described as an “impressive” month for Bitdeer, in which the Singapore-based firm added 8 EH/s. In a production update earlier this month, Bitdeer said the growth was spurred by the deployment of proprietary SEALMINER...

Shares in publicly traded crypto exchange Gemini (GEMI) have fallen more than 14% on Tuesday following word that the firm has decided to part ways with three of its executives following a recent announcement of mass layoffs across the company. Gemini Chief Financial Officer Dan Chen and Chief Legal Officer Tyler Meade will be replaced in the interim by Danijela Stojanovic and Kate Freedman, respectively. Marshall Beard, the firm’s chief operating officer, will also depart and leave the board, though his executive role will not be filled. Instead, Gemini co-founder Cameron Winklevoss will assume his responsibilities. “As part of the Gemini 2.0 transformation, we are making changes to our executive team,” an updated blog post from...

Japan’s top securities firms prepare crypto exchange pivot Three Japanese securities giants with a combined market cap of around $48 billion say they are considering launching crypto exchange businesses, with the largest of the trio aiming to provide crypto-trading services by the end of 2026. Nomura Holdings, Japan’s biggest securities provider, which manages around $673 billion in clients’ assets, says it will launch its operations via its Swiss crypto subsidiary Laser Digital, Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported. The other two firms named were Daiwa Securities Group and SMBC Nikko Securities, which Nihon Keizai Shimbun said are strongly considering entry into the crypto exchange market. The firms say they’re acting...

Popular crypto exchange joins growing list of Trump Accounts sponsors Another major U.S. crypto trading exchange has joined the expanding list of digital asset firms backing “Trump Accounts.” Trump Accounts are state-backed or privately sponsored savings accounts created for newborns, designed to promote long-term wealth building through early capital contributions, often supported by crypto firms and financial sponsors. The initiative was established through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Under the program, children born between 2025 and 2028 will receive an initial $1,000 contribution from the government. However, crypto products, including spot Bitcoin ETFs, Ethereum ETFs, and tokenized assets, are not included for now...

Is the Netherlands Taxing Unrealized Crypto Gains? It's Complicated Crypto investors in the Netherlands could face changes to their tax bills after lawmakers in the House of Representatives approved reforms that will alter how the country’s existing levy on investment assets is calculated. The idea of paying tax on unrealized profits has sparked anger among crypto circles, with critics arguing it could force holders to liquidate assets to meet tax obligations. Some users on social media described it as “beyond insane” as volatility in token prices could leave investors with tax bills on gains that later evaporate. The reform, known as the Actual Return on Box 3 Act, was approved by the House of Representatives on Feb 12 with 93 of...