Is Clarity's delay a blessing in disguise?: State of Crypto
The crypto industry is angry and disappointed that the Senate is not holding a procedural vote on the Clarity Act this month, but that isn’t the worst possible outcome.
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Hyperliquid’s RWA perps boom is eating into the revenue that backs HYPE
At the start of 2026 these builder-deployed markets were about 2% of Hyperliquid’s perp volume. They are now roughly half of it. The pass-through shows up in the accounts. Cost of revenue, the portion of fees Hyperliquid hands straight back to builders, market makers and… Read More
Bitcoin split after BIP-110 fails, the new chain stopped after two blocks
Opponents argue that anyone paying the transaction fee has bought the right to use the space however they like, and that miners and node operators should not be deciding which transactions count as legitimate. Bitcoin mining firm AntPool mined the first non-signaling block, which the… Read More
Bitcoin hits block 961,632 as the controversial BIP-110 soft fork attempt begins
Bitcoin has reached block 961,632, triggering the long-awaited mandatory signaling period for BIP-110, a controversial proposal designed to temporarily curb non-financial data from being embedded on the network. The proposal entered the signaling phase at around 19:35 UTC on Saturday, with support from miners seldom… Read More
hardware wallet sales more than double as crypto rules near
Russian consumers’ demand for hardware crypto wallets more than doubled in the first half of 2026, according to data from two major retailers, as the country prepares to introduce new crypto rules. Retailer M.Video said unit sales on its marketplace rose 107% in the second… Read More
U.S. Senate opens first stage of crypto Clarity Act voting to give bill a chance next month
The U.S. Senate is finally leaping into the first procedural votes on the crypto Digital Assets Market Clarity Act, after the leadership moved early Saturday to start official floor action on the crypto market structure bill, marking the farthest progress yet for the industry’s central… Read More