Author: James Wilson

The Clarity Act has faced a new threat ahead of its Sept. 15 procedural vote, with Republican senators warning that the measure may lack the 60 votes needed to advance. Summary The Senate has scheduled a procedural vote on the Clarity Act for Sept. 15. Republicans need at least seven Democratic or independent votes if all 53 support it. Cynthia Lummis blamed Democratic demands for putting the market structure bill at risk. Ethics rules, stablecoin rewards and DeFi protections remain disputed before the vote. Clarity Act faces a difficult Senate vote Semafor reported on Tuesday that Republican senators expect the…

Traditional digital asset returns often rely on price increases. Whether it’s XRP, BTC, or other crypto assets, prices are influenced by various factors such as market sentiment, liquidity, and policy environment. Therefore, solely relying on price increases for returns carries significant market volatility risk. Summary XRPPower offers short and long term digital asset service plans for XRP, BTC, ETH and USDT holders. Some plans advertise potential earnings of up to $50,000, with returns dependent on the selected plan and participation conditions rather than being guaranteed. New users receive a $21 registration bonus that can be used for daily contracts, while…

BitMine Immersion Technologies has purchased 28,086 ETH worth about $70.1 million, raising its Ethereum treasury to 5.93 million tokens as Chairman Tom Lee predicts further gains for the asset. Summary BitMine acquired 28,086 ETH last week, lifting its holdings to 5,929,198 tokens. The company now owns 4.9% of Ethereum’s estimated 122 million-token supply. More than 5.06 million ETH is staked, with projected annual revenue of $330 million. Tom Lee cited U.S. crypto legislation, tokenization, and blockchain-based AI as possible market catalysts. BitMine’s Ethereum treasury has reached 5.93 million ETH BitMine said in a Sep. 8 treasury update that it held…

Circle has added upfront fee payments to CCTP Fast Transfer, allowing developers to quote and collect cross-chain USDC fees on the source network while preserving the amount delivered to recipients. Summary CCTP developers can collect Fast Transfer and Forwarding Service fees before a USDC transfer. Fees can be paid in USDC or the source blockchain’s native gas token. Circle’s Quote API combines supported protocol fees into one signed, time-limited quote. Upfront fees require an EVM source chain, although transfers can still end on supported non-EVM networks. CCTP collects transfer fees before burning USDC Circle’s official developer documentation says the process…

Kalshi has lost an emergency injunction request at the 10th Circuit, leaving Utah free to enforce its gambling laws while the prediction market operator pursues its appeal. Summary The 10th Circuit denied Kalshi’s request for an injunction pending appeal. Utah may now bring civil or criminal enforcement action against the prediction market operator. States have won 12 consecutive federal rulings since an earlier Minnesota decision favored prediction markets. New Jersey has asked the Supreme Court to settle the federal-versus-state jurisdiction dispute. Utah can enforce its gambling laws against Kalshi Legal analyst Daniel Wallach said in an X post that the…

Castle has opened its automated financial platform to individual users, allowing customers to convert any portion of the 12% annual dividend paid by Strategy’s STRC preferred stock into Bitcoin. Summary Castle users can receive STRC dividends in cash, Bitcoin, or a combination of both. STRC carries a 12% variable annual dividend rate for September record dates. Strategy pays the dividend in cash before Castle converts the selected portion into Bitcoin. Castle previously limited its automated Bitcoin financial services to businesses and nonprofit organizations. Castle said in a Tuesday statement that personal account holders can choose how much of each STRC…

CoinCorner has launched a Bitcoin custody service for UK customers that charges a 1.5% annual fee and uses keys held separately by CoinCorner and AnchorWatch. Summary CoinCorner and AnchorWatch each control a key, preventing either company from moving customers’ Bitcoin alone. Lloyd’s of London underwriters cover key loss and unauthorized access involving Bitcoin held in Vault. Customers can add or remove funds without a long-term commitment and set custom identity checks. CoinCorner’s crypto services remain outside FCA regulation and are not protected by the UK’s FSCS. CoinCorner said its new Vault uses multi-signature technology to divide control of customers’ Bitcoin…

Robinhood has signed a multi-year deal to route selected event contracts through OG.com while taking equity stakes priced against $20 billion and $5 billion valuations for Crypto.com and OG.com, respectively. Summary Robinhood will route selected retail event contracts through OG.com’s federally regulated derivatives platform. Robinhood will receive initial equity stakes in both Crypto.com and the newly independent OG.com. OG.com-backed contracts will roll out gradually to eligible U.S. customers from Sep. 8. HOOD traded at $122.02, while Crypto.com-linked CRO gained about 5.3% to $0.0604. Robinhood adds OG.com as an event-contract provider Robinhood and OG.com announced the agreement on Sep. 8, confirming…

Disclosure: This content is provided by a third party. Neither crypto.news nor the author of this article endorses any product mentioned on this page. Users should conduct their own research before taking any action related to the company. Can DOGEBALL reach its stated $0.015 launch price? The target is possible, but not assured. Summary DOGEBALL is priced at $0.0077 in Stage 20, with more than $315,000 raised from over 1,080 participants. The project has set a $0.015 exchange launch price, nearly 95% above its current presale price. DOGEBALL plans to build token demand through DOGEPAY, gaming and its EVM compatible…

Bitcoin has become one of the world’s largest pools of digital capital, yet only a small fraction participates in onchain financial activity. Summary Stacks plans to use self-custodial Bitcoin Staking as an entry point for BTC holders, targeting roughly 3% annualized rewards paid in Bitcoin. Its roadmap moves from attracting Bitcoin capital to scaling network infrastructure and expanding into lending, trading, perpetual markets and programmable BTC. StackingDAO, Bitflow, Zest Protocol and Hermetica are developing liquid staking, trading, credit and yield products that could give staked and Bitcoin-linked capital more uses across the ecosystem. Other crypto ecosystems built large economies around…